Gondoliers/Tourist boat rowers on smoke break.
A square on Nanjing Road at night. Nanjing Road is the main shopping road for the city.

Hangzhou, opening day of the 12th annual tourism festival, just our luck, right?
Hangzhou is partially a water city, similar to Venice.

Buddha temple in Hangzhou












Buddha temple courtyard in Hangzhou.

More of the night skyline from the river.







The Pearl TV tower at night.
















Detail in craftmanship at gardens in Suzhou.

















Part of the silk making process.

Billy and another husband went to the Shanghai aquarium one day while the class was at a factory.

Pudong at dusk.

The buildings become billboards.

We shared Mongolian Hot Pot with my some of my classmates.

We all took our studies very seriously. Greg is tall, and felt Mahima (under 5') made a great coaster.

Lunch at an "authentic" Shanghai restaurant. The 18 tour buses in the parking lot definitely said "local watering hole."

Pealr TV Tower behind us. That whole side (Pudong) did not even exist until the early 1990s. I wonder who they use for contractors?

The city lights up at night. I haven't been to Vegas, but I may be ruined.

That's what I'm talking about. Even better - it "fills up and spills over" with light effects.

Jade Buddha Temple Part II

Jade Buddha Temple Part I

Confucious Temple

A 5 star HoJo - who would've thunk it?

Yu'an Bazaar

Lookey - a genuine Texas rest stop

A historic tea house

WHERE HAVE WE BEEN???

SHANGHAI, CHINA

More later...
Until then, check out my classmate's site: http://ohthe-humanity.blogspot.com/
~Christy