Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center is certainly worth a visit. The Lobby display “Shanghai’s Morning”, is a display of landmark buildings from various times representing the historical and cultural progress in the urban development of Shanghai over the last 100 years. The beautiful wall mural also reflects this progress. Prominent […]
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Master Plan – Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center – Shanghai-China
March 23, 2014 by
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Ancient Town – “Fang Sheng” Bridge – Zhujiajiao – Shanghai
March 18, 2014 by
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Ancient Water Town Zhujiajiao, ancient water town is about an hours bus ride from Shanghai. Zhujiajiao first appeared as a village market during the Three Kingdom Period. It has 1700 years of history ranging from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) when Zhujiajiao was already a busy market place, due to its river ways and […]
Huxinting Teahouse (mid-lake Pavilion)-Old Town-Shanghai
March 7, 2014 by
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Oldest Teahouse in China Next door to the Yu Gardens and Bazaar stands another Chinese architectural delight, a classical Pavilion known as Huxinting Teahouse, with its highly decorative upward curving eaves. The pavilion in the Old Town is regarded as the oldest existing traditional Chinese teahouse in China. The Teahouse, built about the same time as Yu […]
Yu Yuan Garden and Bazaar-Yu Bazaar-Shanghai-Old Town
February 25, 2014 by
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Old town architecture – Yu Bazaar From the Bund we headed to Yu Yuan Garden and Bazaar. The buildings in the Bazaar are old style classical Chinese architecture with modern shop fronts, and very appealing. Yu Bazaar area has well-preserved and restored residences dating from Ming and Qing dynasties,very attractive with grey roof tiles,white walls and […]
Port of Shanghai – Jin Mao Skywalk
February 11, 2014 by
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Shanghai and Children’s Palace Shanghai next on our list and only a few days left on tour. After returning to Guilin from Yangshuo we boarded a flight to Shanghai arriving around 2.30 pm. Bused to our hotel, then a walk to the Children’s Palace, a special school for gifted children who train after school in different […]
Yangshuo “Impressions” Sanjie Liu – Open Landscape Theatre
February 9, 2014 by
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Sanjie Liu – Open Air Landscape Theatre Tonight, looking forward to the Open Air landscape Theatre, the largest of its kind in the world. A magical performance on the river and along the riverbanks with Karst Mountains as a backdrop. I cannot wait to see this! The choreography at the Chinese Red Threatre for their production […]
Yangshuo|Countryside and Fisherman Li River Yangshuo
February 5, 2014 by
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Yangshuo – First impressions We were not leaving the Karst mountains behind or even the Li River, they are both an integral part of Yangshuo landscape and surrounding countryside. Arriving at Yangshuo wharf our first sight is of a Chinese women striding along the wharf carrying two cormorants balanced either side of a shoulder pole. […]
Boat Trip – Limestone Peaks – Li River – Guilin to Yangshuo China
January 22, 2014 by
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Zhujiang Wharf – tourist boat terminal Today we headed down to the tourist boat terminal, such a plethora of boats, for a trip down the Li River and scenic views of the limestone peaks of the Karst mountains. We have been so lucky with the weather and today looks fine again, mist still shrouding the nearby hills. […]
Dragon’s Backbone Terraced Rice Fields – Ping’an Village Longsheng
January 10, 2014 by
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Farming the terraced rice fields The Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terrace supports about 180 families who live and work in the area. They make their living farming the surrounding terraced rice fields and growing vegetable crops. Traditionally they live in wooden homes with three floors like the houses we passed by the river’, and in the village. Ground floor […]
Journey to Longsheng Rice Terrace
January 2, 2014 by
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Longsheng Rice Terrace In the past I have seen so many beautiful pictures of the Rice Terraces in many countries. Today I was really looking forward to seeing them for myself in China, such a fascinating part of the world. Our tour group journeyed by bus from Guilin to see the Longsheng Rice Terrace at Ping’an, […]