Shanghai tour and Zhouzhuang
Excursions to Bund and Nanjing Road, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Shanghai museum, the Yuyuan gardens, the Jade Buddha Temple and the water city of Zhouzhuang.
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| A panoramic view taken from Bund Road. |
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| On the left, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. | |
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| The palace of congresses. |
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Today Nanjing Road is much more busy than usual, because of the holidays in China. |
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| A view from my hotel, on daytime and nighttime. | |
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The next day, the city tour starts with a visit to the Yuyuan gardens. Top left picture is the tree of the wishes (wishes are written on a red stripe, that is thrown on the tree: it is stays on the tree without falling, the wish may become true). Other pictures: before the garden's entrance. |
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A bridge with a "zig-zag" shape and 9 vertex. |
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Some shots from inside the gardens. |
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| The Oriental Pearl TV Tower, with its 468 meters of height, is the world's third tallest TV tower and Asia's highest (at least, while I'm writing!) |
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| I take the elevator to an observation deck at 263 meters of altitude. |
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The day continues with a visit to the Shanghai Museums, the most important and biggest museum in China. The halls are distributed on 4 huge floors. |
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Some beautiful ancient jade items (there are hundreds, or maybe thousands of them inside the museum). |
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| The art gallery. |
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Some pottery.
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The day finishes with a visit to the Jade Buddha Temple. The highlight of this temple, is the 2 meters tall Buddha statue, entirely made in jade (no picture permitted). There is also a smaller jade statue, with a replication in marble, for with it was permitted to photograph. |
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Inside the temple, with some bronze statue.
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On the right: one of the original jade statue and, above, the bigger replication in marble. |
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The following day, I make a full day excursion to the water town of Zhouzhuang. It is a nice town about 1000 years old, but perhaps too commercial now. |
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Hiking on the bridges between the canals. |
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The narrow streets of the ols town.
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It was also possible to visit some cottage that was the home of the most important and reach people, like for example the Shen. |
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A view on the roof and on a bridge. |
CHINA PICTURES |
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Temple of Haven, Tienammen square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace and the Peking Opera Teathre. |
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The Great Wall at Badaling, the Ming Tombs, the Sacred Way, and a visit to a silk factory. |
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Landing in Lhasa, the magnificent Potala Palace, the Jokhang temple and a short hike in the city. |
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Drepung monastery, Sera monastery, the Dalai Lama's summer palace. |
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Trip from Lhasa to Gyangtse, crossing three high passes and the Yamdrok Yumtso lake. Visit to Palkhor monastery. |
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Trip from Gyangtse to Shigatse and visit to the amazing Tashilhunpo monastery. Travel back to Lhasa. |
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Wolong - natural reserve and research center for giant panda Daytrip from Chengdu to Wolong, in a Sichuan's remote region, to visit the Giant Panda Research Center. |
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Leshan giant Buddha and mount Emei A two days trip from Chengdu, including sightseeing of the Leshan giant Buddha carved in a mountain, mount Emei, Baoguo and Wannian temple. |
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Terracotta Warriors, Provincial Musem, old city walls, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Great Mosque. |
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Guilin city tour: Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill and the Fubo Hill. Full day excursion to Longsheng to view the Longji's rice terraces and meet the Zhuang minority. |
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Cruise on Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo. Excusrion to the countryside around Yangshuo to see the rice fields. |
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<YOU ARE HERE> Shanghai and Zhouzhuang Bund and Nanjing Road, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Shanghai museum, the Yuyuan gardens, the Jade Buddha Temple and the water city of Zhouzhuang. |
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