Some photos from the Summer Palace in Beijing, an imperial garden from the Qing Dynasty
The Summer Palace Garden in Beijing
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Shanghai by night
Some photos of Shanghai at night.
One of the many ironies of China is that no gasoline powered motorbikes are permitted: they are all electric to reduce pollution and be more green. Yet we have this all powered by coal fired generating stations:
Xi’an – Terracotta Warriors
These statues are around 2,200 years old and were supposed to protect the dead Emperor Qin Shi Huang in his tomb.
And, after searching high and low, I found, to my great excitement, a copy of Mao’s Little Red Book for sale. I bought several copies to distribute to my Canadian friends.
Beijing
I have been in China for a little while – hence the dearth of Anglican posts – where the Internet is both stuttering and censored.
Here are a few photos from the Great Wall. The top of this section is at Fortress 12; we made it to Fortress 9:
Mele Kalikimaka!
A Merry Christmas to all my readers!
We are spending Christmas in Hawaii with family that has been scattered to all the corners of the earth.
Here are some of my grandchildren:
A fellow I met on my morning walk
At Lion’s Valley:
At least one of us like the snow
Sebastian, our golden retriever:
Late Afternoon in the Wild Wood
While barrèd clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue:
Fading light in the late afternoon
Visitors from Singapore
Two of my grandchildren in Canada for a visit:
