Monday, October 11, 2010

中國 自行車王國 (China: A Kingdom Of Bicycles)

We all are aware that china was once called a "Kingdom of Bicycles, and that perhaps the general consensus is that this is no more.  I noticed a lot of bikes and took some picture during my ten day visit in August of this year. 










中国 日四 伟大的防火墙 (China Day 4,The Great Firewall)














Global Hotel, Anshan, China, August 6, 2010


I uploaded these pictures in the lobby of the Global Hotel.  The next day when I went back, hotel security wanted to talk and see my passport, and instruct me that I could only use the internet.   I think I might have triggered some alert in the Great Firewall. 

Notice me copying my files on this completely Mandarin interface. 

中国 日四 千山国家公园 (China, Day 4 -- Qian Shan National Park) -- continued

August 6, 2010, Qian Shan National Park, Liaoning, China.











A Crossbow




This is Donkey, or Horse,  With thousand year old eggs. 

Sunday, October 10, 2010

中国 日四 千山国家公园 (China, Day 4 -- Qian Shan National Park)




August 6, 2010, Qian Shan National Park, Liaoning, China.

Golden Ladies ...

We left in the morning for Qian Shan (Thousand Mountains) National park, Babi and I.  Babi was the father of my friend in China, and not the best English speaker.  He had been in America for a while and we managed.  It was hard work for me to sort out his pigeony English.   He did, make a pretty heroic effort to show me around for three days, and I am really grateful for that.

We took a bus through some fairly interesting landscape --  ghettos and huge new construction of apartment tenements.  my notes say that we took some circuitous back road route, but my memory thinks maybe it was the normal route. 


Golden Ladies ...
One Sky









A Gap Path Between Stones
One Sky
Fireworks Incense
Around this point we decided we would
never make it to Five Buddha Heaven







A Scale, on the Trail,
Should You Need One.
This 12 Year Old Kid's English Was Quite Good.
He Wanted His Picture Taken With Me

Saturday, October 9, 2010

中国 -- 第三天 三百年一饺子店 (China, Day 3 -- A 300 Year Old Dumpling Shop)

August 5, 2010, Anshan, China.

I had lunch at a famous dumpling place which was about 300 years old, We had several different dumplings with a variety of fillings, incling maybe dog, goat, donkey, horse, pork and beef. Well ... hopefully not dog. I asked several times what the different dumplings were stuffed with but I never quite figured out the answer.


Pine nuts, which were yummy. 
My generous hosts.