China holiday,last november.

Last nov Bev and i spent 17 days in China and then 3 in Hong Kong, just got round to sorting some pics of the holiday.
Beijing first. Tian an men square.



Mao's mausoleum.

Temple of Heaven.

The Great Wall of China





Then to the Terracotta warrior army.



work in progress




From this

To this




Couldn't resist



Birds nest stadium, Beijing



Then flight to Guilin.



Electric scooters everywhere



Guilin by night





Police bike,


Short river cruise on Li River.









A Panda at last




Then flight to Chonquing to catch river cruise on the Yangtse for 4 days.







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Through 5 locks at the main dam, drop of 120 metres, dam is 1 and 1/4 miles long and 180 metres high, 60 metres wide at base.






Then back to Shanghai.







Shanghai harbour at night











Me and my mate Jackie Chan



Next on to Hong Kong.








Hong Kong harbour







Hope you like the pics, was a fantastic hol. still got another 1000 pics but i hope these have given you an idea what China is like.

Daryl.

[timwilky]

Lucky you, I worked in China for 3 years (10 years on and off) and saw one heck of a lot of changes over that period (80s/90s) Mainly round the GuangDong area but occasionally up in Beijing. Two memories of there, the cold and the pollution.

Hong Kong is one of my favourite cities. But the last few visits I miss the flight into Kai Tak between the high rise blocks.

[maviczap]

Went to see the Terracotta Army in London, so i'm dead jelous that you saw the real thing!

Nice lunging!

Looks fantastic Daryl

*invites self around to inspect the rest of the pics* hint

[mister c]

Place looks stunning. Nice one Daryl

Your photos look quite cool - it looks like a really interesting place...a place of stark contrast between the old and new.

I am off to China later in the year for our honey moon.

Hong Kong - Guilin - Yangshao - Shanghai - Xi'an - Beijing.

Hopefully we can get some photos to do the place justice too.

You'll not regret for 1 minute going to China, the scenery is amazing, the people can't do enough for you , the food is different every day and is superb. Take plenty of card capacity for the photo's, i could easily have taken twice as many as i did. if it's an organised tour it is pretty tiring, breakfast was between 7 and 8 o'clock and not back to the hotel until 6pm for tea. if you get the chance to do some extra shows in the evening they are well worth the money. If you go walking in Guilin watch out for the electric scooters, they are virtually silent! Have a great time.

Daryl.

Absolutely fantastic Daryl... many thanks I really enjoyed looking at them

Ace shots!!!

Do you mind if I ask you how much the trip set you back?

not at all! it was £1800 each for 3 weeks absoloute bargin!