Xian - Wild Goose Pagoda (Buddha Temple)

It got its name from of a group of monks who saw a wild goose die while migrating, and swore never to eat its meat again...this name was originally of a similar temple in India.

Shanghai - scapes

HK Airport - supposedly a raindrop sculpture

A jade sculpture

Why they bother spelling out the name in English is beyond me...

A wood sculpture of an Eagle

Protruding hangers

China was filled with overhead pedestrian walkways

Shanghai - Urban Planning Museum

At the Shanghai Urban Planning Museum - a spectacular lighted view of the entire city on a minature room-size model

night view

Shanghai by night cruise - (not so clear photos)

A hotel in one of those tall towers, the lobby of the hotel alone is on the 50th floor, and we can look down into the lobby (which is what we see here from above) from a glass window at the top most floor of the building.

tv tower..

Shanghai - JadeBuddha Temple & Window of the World

Jade Sleeping Buddha

Window of the world - where they have minature wonders from throughout the world

Too bad it was raining the full trip :(

i love trees...

wow - the niagara next to the eiffel !!

terrific replica of the eiffel tower, and the elevator that goes on a slant was built by the chinese themselves !

hotel with a golden lion on top

did I say I love trees...