up » 2010-11-30 China Escorted Tour 12 days

Splendid China 12days.jpg	Leaving for vacation.jpg	Driving to Alex's.jpg	Alex with ChinaFocus rep.jpg	ChinaFocus rep and Igor.jpg
Air China plane.jpg	Guy we met at SFO, works as contractor in Beijing.jpg	Walking to towards the connecting flight.jpg	Beijing airport.jpg	Sitting waiting for Beijing to Shanghai flight.jpg
We were given food due to long delays.jpg	Igor eating.jpg	Igor eating2.jpg	Hearing bad news that connecting flight was cancelled.jpg	People argue to waste time.jpg
Alex dumbfounded.jpg	Igor just tired.jpg	Beijing airport2.jpg	Child sleeps on man's arms.jpg	Outside of the huge airport.jpg
Beijing is really cold.jpg	Putting luggage into the bus.jpg	Hotel to stay at and leave at 6am.jpg	Alex sleeping on the plane.jpg	Little girl on plane.jpg
Igor on plane.jpg	6am.jpg	Airport statistics.jpg	Finally on the connecting flight.jpg	AR by Shanghai Expo sign.jpg
Igor by World Expo sign.jpg	Onto Shanghai.jpg	Shanghai first guide talks.jpg	Under metal overpasses.jpg	Welcome to Shanghai.jpg
First driver.jpg	Columns and buildings.jpg	Residential buildings for the overpopulation.jpg	One of the many stadiums.jpg	Buildings of different shapes and colors.jpg
Crossing.jpg	Trees along road.jpg	First stop for food.jpg	Igor's meal.jpg	First meal in China.jpg
Building with a large hole.jpg	People crossing.jpg	Ikea.jpg	Buildings in Shanghai1.jpg	Buildings in Shanghai4.jpg
Buildings in Shanghai5.jpg	Buildings in Shanghai6.jpg	Buildings in Shanghai7.jpg	Buildings in Shanghai8.jpg	Entering tunnel.jpg
In the tunnel.jpg	Buildings out of tunnel.jpg	Alex smiling about some thought.jpg	Sharp looking building.jpg	Alex by Pearl tower.jpg
Holding it.jpg	Igor by Pearl tower.jpg	Alex Igor near Pearl tower.jpg	Square by Pearl tower.jpg	Pearl tower.jpg
Alex by stairs.jpg	Igor jumping for joy.jpg	Lion statue.jpg	Posing with the Expo guy.jpg	Passing by onto Pearl tower.jpg
View from Pearl tower - of smog and skyscrapers.jpg	Igor in the Pearl tower.jpg	View from Pearl tower.jpg	Lady in red looks.jpg	View from Pearl tower2.jpg
View from TV Tower.jpg	View from Pearl tower3.jpg	View from TV Tower2.jpg	View from Pearl tower4.jpg	View from TV Tower3.jpg
View from Pearl tower5.jpg	Standing on glass floor.jpg	Alex thinking about jumping.jpg	Igor looking down.jpg	Igor on glass floor.jpg
Quite a view below.jpg	View from Pearl tower6.jpg	View of keyhole building.jpg	Alex with view from Pearl Tower.jpg	Smog filled air.jpg
Snapping pics.jpg	Inside a small gameroom in the TV tower.jpg	Purple glass.jpg	View from lower part of TV (or Pearl) tower.jpg	View of Shanghai.jpg
View of Shanghai from Pearl tower.jpg	The circle below.jpg	Highrisers.jpg	Apple logo is thing of art here.jpg	View from lower part of TV (or Pearl) tower2.jpg
In the elevator.jpg	Onto the museum, next to the Pearl tower.jpg	Alex by the structure.jpg	Igor by the museum structure.jpg	Old car.jpg
Old trolly.jpg	Old car2.jpg	1930 bus.jpg	New car.jpg	Personal transport.jpg
Closeup.jpg	Inside an old hut.jpg	Walking.jpg	Silk work.jpg	Baby in a jar.jpg
Carrying her.jpg	Tea drinking.jpg	Working with hammer.jpg	Cutting.jpg	Silk.jpg
Writer perhaps.jpg	Museum's hallway.jpg	A rare sight of Alex smiling.jpg	Igor sitting by the canal.jpg	Alex standing by canals.jpg
Igor standing by canals.jpg	Realistic looking buildings.jpg	Infront of fair judge.jpg	Some shop.jpg	Alex by opium-smokinghouse.jpg
Alex flirts with a female at a bar.jpg	Igor reaches for her hand.jpg	Igor infront of female at a bar.jpg	Alex sits by bench and some painting behind it.jpg	Igor sitting infront of some painted gate and trees.jpg
Inside Shanghai History Museum.jpg	Yea.jpg	Alex intrigued by her lead.jpg	Miniature houses in the museum.jpg	Counting something of his.jpg
Courthouse.jpg	Another miniature street.jpg	People sit and drink and socialize.jpg	Miniature rooftops.jpg	Miniature rooftops2.jpg
Ball.jpg	Miniature farm.jpg	In the tunnel2.jpg	Sun peeking through.jpg	Smaller street.jpg
Many moped riders.jpg	Girl with a mask.jpg	Guy on a bike.jpg	Arriving to The Bund.jpg	Not Alex's best.jpg
Igor by flowers.jpg	Alex at the Bund.jpg	Igor at the Bund2.jpg	Walking along the Bund.jpg	Alex Igor by the Bund.jpg
View from the Bund2.jpg	Walking along the Bund2.jpg	Alex by the Bund.jpg	Igor by the Bund.jpg	View from the Bund.jpg
Family taking pics.jpg	Evening at the Bund.jpg	Night streets Shanghai.jpg	Night streets Shanghai2.jpg	Night streets Shanghai3.jpg
Night streets Shanghai4.jpg	Group eats in Shanghai.jpg	Night streets Shanghai5.jpg	Night store in Shanghai.jpg	Night streets Shanghai6.jpg
Alex tired and with discharged cellphone.jpg	Family waits for the show.jpg	Waiting for the show.jpg	Man checking his cell before the show.jpg	5 bikers not crashing in 1 ball.jpg
Thanks.jpg	Night streets Shanghai7.jpg	Busy streets at night.jpg	Green buses pass at night in Shanghai.jpg	Cars and bikers at night.jpg
It was all a blur.jpg	At hotel lobby.jpg	Alex by the Xmas tree.jpg	Igor by the Xmas tree.jpg	Igor by the Xmas tree2.jpg
Bar upstairs.jpg	Moisture.jpg	Misty windows in the morning.jpg	Pretty view below.jpg	View of Shanghai buildings.jpg
World Expo stadium below.jpg	Hotel room.jpg	Buffet breakfast in the morning.jpg	Food I picked.jpg	Attendant in the lobby.jpg
Igor rests by window.jpg	Igor shows his backside by window.jpg	2nd Hotel room.jpg	Alex with water.jpg	Moto driver1.jpg
Moto driver 2 with helmet this time.jpg	Uncomfortably seated moto driver with lots of boxes.jpg	Residential complexes.jpg	Balconies.jpg	Igor laying with his pro camera.jpg
Expo man behind trees.jpg	Large ad.jpg	Walking on a touristy street in Shanghai.jpg	Outside aquarium with mini sharks and turtle.jpg	Marching forward.jpg
Street.jpg	Street2.jpg	3 guys talking.jpg	Some unfamiliar food.jpg	No picture of me.jpg
Recycling....jpg	Choo choo train.jpg	Reviewing a funny picture.jpg	Picture of picture-taker.jpg	Igor on a street.jpg
George Clooney.jpg	Various expressions.jpg	Gap exists.jpg	Street3.jpg	Lots of overhead wires.jpg
Laundry.jpg	Mopeds.jpg	Igor kneels to shoot.jpg	Inside a store.jpg	Ko, Li ya hot.jpg
Shanghai Bund during the day.jpg	Bull.jpg	People along the bund.jpg	Alex wasn't happy that morning.jpg	Igor at the bund.jpg
Along the bund.jpg	Building tops.jpg	Slightly overexposed background.jpg	Igor with a ship in the background.jpg	Boarding the bus.jpg
Thanks Yana.jpg	Pretty Chinese building.jpg	Intersection.jpg	Alex's version of the shot looks good.jpg	Meat on the hangers.jpg
Various things hung.jpg	Heading to this museum.jpg	Buses wait at long light.jpg	Entering Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition.jpg	How it will look.jpg
Closeup of skyscrapers.jpg	He was there.jpg	How it looked in 1920.jpg	Trying to figure out how to work this thing.jpg	Miniature houses.jpg
Got it, ready to shoot.jpg	Russian artists' work in the following pictures.jpg	Crazed female.jpg	Morning.jpg	Morning Tea.jpg
Golden Russia.jpg	Russian Bathhouse.jpg	Woman on the beach.jpg	Freedom and beauty - apparently it's called.jpg	Enormous room of city structures - before lights were turned on.jpg
Someone's enormous effort.jpg	Insane work.jpg	Alex is quite taken himself.jpg	So is Igor.jpg	Igor with miniature city in the background.jpg
Miniature city from above.jpg	Miniature airport.jpg	Alex is excited he can drive the boat.jpg	Stoked.jpg	Igor supposedly mesmerized by such beauty.jpg
Small city.jpg	View from museum's window.jpg	View from museum.jpg	View from museum2.jpg	Socialistic new village.jpg
Crispy view from museum.jpg	Igor gathers his food.jpg	Igor with tapioka.jpg	Igor eating a ball.jpg	The infamous tea tour.jpg
Drinking various teas for $50.jpg	Everybody happy.jpg	Flower growing in the cup.jpg	Growing some more.jpg	Almost open.jpg
She's stirring his develish mixture.jpg	Bloomed.jpg	World Trade building in Shanghai.jpg	High risers in Shanghai.jpg	Advanced toilet.jpg
Futuristic elevator.jpg	Onto the next set of elevators.jpg	Nice shot from Alex's cam.jpg	On the top floor lobby, people snapping pics.jpg	View from WT tower.jpg
View from WT tower3.jpg	View from WT tower4.jpg	Alex looking down.jpg	Alex by window.jpg	Alex closeup by window.jpg
Igor looking down, at Shanghai.jpg	Igor by window.jpg	Igor looking down, at TV tower.jpg	Igor and Alex by window.jpg	Alex by window2.jpg
Hole in the floor.jpg	Igor pointing down.jpg	Converging lines.jpg	Converging onto me.jpg	Igor pointing outside.jpg
View from WT tower2.jpg	View from WT tower5.jpg	Alex's pic of Shanghai.jpg	He's taking pic of me.jpg	View from WT tower6.jpg
Guess how this picture was taken.jpg	Beautiful image of Shanghai from tallest building.jpg	Beautiful image of Shanghai from tallest building - vertical.jpg	This is how I do it.jpg	Alex's calm but dark pic.jpg
From all my heart, this is breath-taking.jpg	Igor by the view.jpg	Igor by the view2.jpg	Alex with a smile.jpg	View of the opposite side of the city.jpg
Another night shot of Shanghai.jpg	Down the escalator.jpg	Converging onto me2.jpg	It was all a blur later that night.jpg	Taking a cab.jpg
TV in a cab.jpg	On a brightly lit colorful street.jpg	On a brightly lit colorful street2.jpg	Approaching Fuxing Road.jpg	Various TV lights.jpg
Gap store with lots of lights.jpg	Huge apple store.jpg	Traffic director.jpg	Waiting at the light.jpg	Louis Vuitton.jpg
Cars passing by on a lit up street.jpg	Shanghai Times Square, and bus 926.jpg	Very cool restaurant entrance.jpg	Girls in motion.jpg	Igor by Times Square.jpg
Lit up streets of Shanghai.jpg	Lit up streets of Shanghai2.jpg	Lit up streets of Shanghai3.jpg	Lit up streets of Shanghai4.jpg	Cool lit overpass.jpg
Cars under the purple lit overpass.jpg	Busy street2.jpg	Food cooking pots on the road.jpg	Busy street.jpg	More lit up streets at night.jpg
Igor looking over the shoulder.jpg	Stinky seafood.jpg	The most tender meat tasted.jpg	Cow meat was good too, this makes me hungry.jpg	Dirty street.jpg
View of the stadium.jpg	The wait.jpg	Driving from Shanghai to Hangzhou.jpg	To Hangzhou.jpg	Farmer's houses being built.jpg
Farmer's houses being built2.jpg	Toll road.jpg	Our driver2.jpg	Overpass for railroad.jpg	In our van.jpg
Our tourguide James.jpg	James talking while most are photographing, lol.jpg	High speed train racing us.jpg	Igor sitting in front.jpg	Soldier guarding.jpg
Igor and Alex during our quick stop on a 2.5 hour drive to Hangzhou.jpg	Overpass for the train.jpg	Farmer houses windows.jpg	These are some of the larger single family farmer houses.jpg	Poll worker.jpg
Alex finds something amuzing.jpg	Arriving to Hangzhou.jpg	Hung undies.jpg	Hung clothes.jpg	Hung clothes2.jpg
Hung clothes3.jpg	Pretty walk along the street.jpg	Tree infront of a building.jpg	Another residential building.jpg	Tall residential building.jpg
Dad with a son.jpg	Lots of moped drivers.jpg	Made a connection with him.jpg	Lady on a bus.jpg	Tricyclist with lots of stuff.jpg
Various expressions and lady with a child.jpg	Father pets his child.jpg	Katie tickles his ear.jpg	Our benz.jpg	This is where we ate.jpg
On a street with yellow leaf trees.jpg	Plants in water, forgot it's name.jpg	Boat among plants.jpg	Igor by scenery.jpg	Sun in Alex's eyes.jpg
Smoggy.jpg	Boats.jpg	Woman giving me a strange look.jpg	She could have disliked me.jpg	Igor on the boat.jpg
We're one large family.jpg	Cruising.jpg	Alex's majestic look.jpg	Igor relaxing on the boat.jpg	Hey there on other boat.jpg
The other boat.jpg	Bridge.jpg	James, the guide.jpg	Floater with 5.jpg	Kinda flirty smile.jpg
3 on a private boat.jpg	She seemed to like me.jpg	Too well dressed guy on a boat.jpg	Just chilling.jpg	Igor's imperfect skin.jpg
Igor looking on.jpg	Rowing team goes by.jpg	Long bridge with tiny tunnel.jpg	Buildings far away.jpg	Boat on water.jpg
Nice looking Chinese boat on water.jpg	Girl in green and boy smile at me.jpg	Igor and girl in green with guy smiling.jpg	Igor and girl in green.jpg	People in the passing boat.jpg
Something cute, furry and pink showing itself from Alex's pocket.jpg	Greenery by the lake.jpg	Greenery by the lake2.jpg	Big yawn from the guy.jpg	Few pagodas in water.jpg
Pagoda in water.jpg	Alex infront of big pagoda.jpg	Igor infront of big pagoda.jpg	James looking at me.jpg	Family by lake.jpg
Trail we left behind.jpg	Igor Alex chilling on boat.jpg	Dad.jpg	Alex was intrigued by navigation of sea vessels.jpg	Yellow leaf trees road.jpg
Some temple.jpg	Igor fixing hair.jpg	Alex smiling by temple-like building.jpg	Igor looking to the side.jpg	Guy driving with his guitar.jpg
Entering a tunnel, on our way to Tea Plantation in Hangzhou.jpg	On our way to Tea Plantation in Hangzhou.jpg	Igor raises hands.jpg	This is a Tea Plantation.jpg	Freshest leafs are ripped have the green tea ingridient.jpg
Igor sitting by the tea plantation.jpg	Igor sitting by the tea plantation2.jpg	Alex sitting by the tea plantation.jpg	Checking one of 200 emails Facebook sends him daily.jpg	He creepily grinds the tea in warm pan.jpg
Kruschev probably.jpg	About to enter the tea garden.jpg	The statue of a man incharge there.jpg	Alex finds comfort by the statue's feet.jpg	Igor by the statue.jpg
Katie by the statue.jpg	Alex getting silly with the kettle.jpg	Igor taking it a step further.jpg	Alex by the tea garden.jpg	Igor by the tea garden.jpg
Thinking of something.jpg	Tea garden.jpg	Katie plays with a doggie.jpg	Igor plays with the doggie.jpg	Green tea leafs.jpg
Our cute presenter.jpg	This is supposed to heal your eyes and muscles.jpg	Alex sipping on sone jin n juice, tea.jpg	Alex smelling things.jpg	A greately flavored tea.jpg
Took pics of the kettle.jpg	Talking to us.jpg	2 cups with rice, water, and iodine inside. Farther cup gets tea poured.jpg	Green tea has cleared the iodine from the water in the cup.jpg	Showing us some leafs.jpg
Igor's nose up close.jpg	Can't help not to smile.jpg	Her face.jpg	Trying some of that potent green tea.jpg	Green tea has cleared iodine from water and rice in that cup.jpg
Evolution of tea flower.jpg	This should improve your health.jpg	Sniffing grass.jpg	Evolution of tea flower2.jpg	Evolution of tea flower3.jpg
Evolution of tea flower4.jpg	Evolution of tea flower5.jpg	Little boy is a good helper.jpg	Dragon.jpg	Dragon2.jpg
A dirty vehicle.jpg	On the way to Golden Dragon Cave.jpg	Some chinese sign.jpg	I made a coin into the hole, assured love.jpg	Alex tense look.jpg
Caves.jpg	Some god.jpg	Igor by scenty rocks.jpg	God of fortune telling.jpg	Alex by fortune-telling god.jpg
Igor by fortune-telling god.jpg	Uhh your fotune not so good.jpg	What's my fortune.jpg	Mom called.jpg	Really, luck for me.jpg
Care.jpg	Taking pic of the god of fate.jpg	City at night.jpg	Igor seen checking his phone.jpg	Checking their fate results.jpg
Marco Polo.jpg	Weed.jpg	Interacting with Jim.jpg	Healthy choice.jpg	Less healthy choice.jpg
At theater for a show.jpg	At the show.jpg	Igor with clappers.jpg	2 girls playing instruments.jpg	3 green girls.jpg
Blue girls and a ball with a girl.jpg	More blue girls.jpg	Calling something out.jpg	Army appears.jpg	Looking up at something.jpg
Very flexible indeed.jpg	Dexterity.jpg	Butterflies.jpg	More musical instruments.jpg	Igor looking at the show.jpg
Igor looking at the show2.jpg	Cool effects.jpg	Milti-armed.jpg	Alex with a tense glance.jpg	All performers.jpg
Random street.jpg	Kind Reminder for half of China's population.jpg	Checking into rooms at Hangzhou.jpg	Alex working hard after long day.jpg	Streets at night.jpg
Club G Plus.jpg	Club1.jpg	Club2.jpg	Club3.jpg	Club4.jpg
Club5.jpg	Girls dancing.jpg	Getting it going.jpg	Dancing.jpg	He sang very well, I liked.jpg
View from hotel window.jpg	View from hotel window2.jpg	Hangzhou hotel room.jpg	Breakfast mmm.jpg	On the way to Suzhou.jpg
Fields, seen during a stop.jpg	Dirty pond and fields.jpg	Alex talking to James.jpg	James and Alex interact.jpg	Ouch, cut with razer.jpg
Store didn't have anything useful.jpg	Construction at toll place.jpg	Arriving at Suzhou.jpg	Girl in purple on a bike.jpg	Maybe a guy and a girl in orange.jpg
Driving down touristy street in Suzhou.jpg	2 walk along the street.jpg	Smoking.jpg	Walking down a little street, towards Garden.jpg	Hanging laundry.jpg
Women doing laundry.jpg	Squeezing.jpg	Washing laundry.jpg	Deep in there, for water.jpg	Alex sincerely curious.jpg
Igor being rather silly.jpg	Overview of the garden.jpg	Group listens to James.jpg	Nice looking structure top.jpg	Entering large doors.jpg
Furniture inside.jpg	Alex in a cave.jpg	Igor in the cave.jpg	Igor in a cave2.jpg	Rock structure.jpg
More rock structures.jpg	Little pond.jpg	Orange fish in the pond.jpg	Under a 2000 year old tree.jpg	Leafs on pond.jpg
Igor curiously looking at 2000 year old tree.jpg	Igor holding something 100 times older than he.jpg	Igor by the garden2.jpg	Igor by the garden3.jpg	Igor was a bit bored.jpg
Igor by the garden.jpg	Igor with his cam.jpg	Igor sitting.jpg	Igor sitting looking up.jpg	Igor sitting looking at the pond.jpg
Alex sitting.jpg	Baby photographed.jpg	Looking at me.jpg	Group marches on.jpg	More royal rooms.jpg
James explaining things.jpg	Katie by sunshine.jpg	James and Katie by windows sunshine.jpg	Igor's nice back.jpg	Igor looks back.jpg
Very cool, by Alex.jpg	Brotherly massage.jpg	Overview of the garden or mansion where royatly lived.jpg	Dead looking tree.jpg	Red tree.jpg
Igor holding onto the tree.jpg	Golden light tree.jpg	Stuck in the cave, not meant for 6 feet.jpg	Igor stares down.jpg	Igor touching a tree, Jim in uncomfortable pose.jpg
Alex marching back.jpg	People selling fruits on the street.jpg	Random steet2.jpg	Grabbing lunch.jpg	Scented bathroom stall.jpg
Food this time.jpg	Onto the silk factory, progression of silk worm's life.jpg	Silk worm.jpg	James showing us real from the fake, silk.jpg	Playing with real silk worms.jpg
Igor with 2 silk worms.jpg	Many generations old clothes.jpg	Emperor's clothing from generations back.jpg	Silk production.jpg	Silk production2.jpg
Silk factory.jpg	Woman selecting silk worm's cocoons.jpg	8 cocoon threads create 1 silk thread.jpg	Working with silk creation.jpg	Working with silk creation2.jpg
8 being pulled together into 1 thread.jpg	Women work diligently, one hopes.jpg	Curious to try a slik-worm.jpg	Machinery.jpg	Machines can produce silk material faster, few meters a day.jpg
Stretching out.jpg	At the silk store.jpg	Igor and guide.jpg	Curious kid.jpg	Curious kid2.jpg
Showing me how to turn on water there.jpg	Curious kid3.jpg	Curious kid4.jpg	Various silk clothes.jpg	Alex chilling with music.jpg
Entering the gates and onto Grand canal.jpg	Same gate on other side.jpg	Area inside the gate, old city of Suzhou.jpg	Area inside the gate, old city of Suzhou2.jpg	Snapping pics by boats.jpg
Alex snaps one himself.jpg	Our boat driver.jpg	Canal bridge.jpg	Floating down the canal.jpg	Other side of the canal.jpg
Many fishermen along canal.jpg	Oncoming boat.jpg	Under the bridge.jpg	View from within our boat.jpg	RTV.jpg
Sunset over the canal.jpg	Structure of sort, maybe pagoda.jpg	People on the bridge.jpg	Floating further in the canal.jpg	Just avoiding getting hit by the overpass.jpg
Floating further.jpg	Mom with a kid looking.jpg	Various shops on sides of canal.jpg	Alex with music, floating along canal.jpg	Igor posing at canal.jpg
Igor posing at canal2.jpg	Floating down the canal3.jpg	Various balconies along side of canal.jpg	Various balconies along side of canal2.jpg	Various balconies along side of canal3.jpg
Our boat cruising on.jpg	Canal scenery.jpg	Drying her meat.jpg	By the window.jpg	Canal scenery ahead.jpg
More Venice-like houses on water.jpg	Various objects hung.jpg	Working on her barely stable balcony.jpg	More clothes hung from balcony.jpg	More canal scenery.jpg
Igor on a boat, takes pics.jpg	Old man looking out the window.jpg	Old house.jpg	Bringing stuff out.jpg	Chained cat!.jpg
Putting out fires.jpg	More canal landscape.jpg	Taking her picture.jpg	Sunlight peeks in.jpg	Checking their picture.jpg
We all move forward.jpg	Pagoda on the shore.jpg	Bridge ahead.jpg	Igor barely fits in the boat.jpg	Driver's assistant.jpg
A bridge.jpg	I don't think he peed.jpg	Badminton.jpg	Choo choo.jpg	Dog peeing.jpg
Driving a hefty load.jpg	Spinning that spindle.jpg	Guy in warm white jacket.jpg	Arriving to our hotel in Suzhou.jpg	Wedding was happening in the lobby.jpg
Pretty walk in the hotel, but cold.jpg	Groom and bride.jpg	Food eaten that day looked spicy.jpg	Car turning onto a street.jpg	Woman crossing.jpg
McDonalds.jpg	Gaga club.jpg	Driving down Suzhou streets.jpg	Returning to our hotel after spicy dinner.jpg	A TV tower in Suzhou.jpg
On our way to Tongli.jpg	Interesting bridge over road.jpg	Road to Tongli.jpg	Dog also on his way.jpg	So is this truck with dirt.jpg
Little shuttle that'll transport us in very cold weather, freezing temps.jpg	Trees outside.jpg	Our guide James infront of the shuttle cars.jpg	Me, in our cart.jpg	Grim driver.jpg
A dog with a bone.jpg	Pretty walk down Tongli street.jpg	More canal with boats floating, it was too cold to utilize.jpg	Alex, happy, but cold.jpg	Igor, not happy, and cold.jpg
Igor being goofy with Alex.jpg	Narrow streets in Tongli with shops.jpg	Guy working in that keyhole.jpg	Alex having a shot of very old preserved alcohol.jpg	Igor having a shot to keep warm.jpg
It tasted... strong.jpg	Bucket with alcohol.jpg	The more foam the better.jpg	Chamber where it gets made.jpg	Street cleaners raise their broom.jpg
Looking at them 3.jpg	Stretching what will be sugar.jpg	I don't know what's in that house.jpg	Igor decides to help clean China.jpg	We all started cleaning.jpg
Little boy with a hammer.jpg	1000yr old town of Tongli.jpg	Miniature tree.jpg	Some old furniture.jpg	Alex's hair messy.jpg
Snapping his pics there.jpg	Some garden.jpg	Alex was an avid picture-taker.jpg	Garden pic.jpg	Igor on the bench by garden.jpg
Orange fishies in water.jpg	Alex on bench by garden.jpg	Igor on bench by garden.jpg	Igor on bench by garden2.jpg	Katie surprised.jpg
People snapping pics by the water.jpg	Checking fb while crawling out of the phone, he's up for surprise in 5 mins.jpg	Nice view of the Garden.jpg	He's been spotted with a cellular connection.jpg	Happy.jpg
Flowers.jpg	Igor by flowers, not so happy.jpg	If only life was like this.jpg	Rock amidts flowers.jpg	Igor's head stuck.jpg
Igor sees a hole.jpg	Igor in a nice area.jpg	Another canal.jpg	Nice back.jpg	Woman washing her clothes in canal.jpg
Proceed this way.jpg	Talking.jpg	Woman selling stuff.jpg	We continuously barked at this dog, until it walked away.jpg	This one didn't need barking.jpg
It was a fluffy dog.jpg	There it is.jpg	Store.jpg	The concentration.jpg	Igor does what comes natural to him.jpg
People around the store.jpg	Seller with his merchandise.jpg	These tied-up, throat-strangled birds get fish for him, which they can't swallow.jpg	Beautiful view along the canal.jpg	Scary looking birds, mistreated.jpg
Scooping up dirt.jpg	Need a haircut at a salon.jpg	Alex seemingly happy.jpg	Random scene.jpg	Archy rooftops.jpg
Floating away.jpg	Flask.jpg	Jim bought this but had to return due to FSA.jpg	Alex with a communist hat.jpg	Igor with a same hat.jpg
That look.jpg	Igor along the streets in Tongli.jpg	Igor and Alex in Tongli.jpg	Igor and Alex in Tongli2.jpg	Turtle.jpg
Alex talking, with the hat on.jpg	Someone's computer screen.jpg	Food in Tongli.jpg	Family sits to eat.jpg	Beasty lion.jpg
Playing Angry Birds.jpg	What.jpg	Alex on the streets in Tongli.jpg	Igor on the streets in Tongli.jpg	Green bug.jpg
Our guide James exercising.jpg	Red clothing hanging down.jpg	Various houses and ropes for hanging laundry.jpg	Canal and houses.jpg	Another random house by canal in Tongli.jpg
THis would be an outdoor restaurant, when warm.jpg	Alex by outdoor restaurant.jpg	Canal curves to the left.jpg	Igor's mighty back.jpg	Stop filming me.jpg
Igor wants to approach the bird-torturer.jpg	Igor with the bird torturer.jpg	Old wall surface.jpg	Yellow and green signs hanging down the street.jpg	Carrying stuff.jpg
Biking down the street.jpg	Touristy street with shops in Tongli.jpg	Igor glancing somewhere.jpg	Follow Igor.jpg	Yin and Yan.jpg
Various shops to both sides.jpg	Various shops to both sides2.jpg	Nice scenery along canal in Tongli, China.jpg	Nice scenery along canal in Tongli, China2.jpg	Our whole crew on the wagon-cart.jpg
Igor and Jim walk.jpg	Delta - Facebook matters.jpg	Contruction and streetlights.jpg	Arrived to a room in Tongli.jpg	High speed turn on freeway.jpg
This truck is packed.jpg	Arriving back to Shanghai, to take plane to Beijing.jpg	Alex unhappy, listening to music.jpg	Alex kind of happy, listening to music.jpg	We had our lunch here, before the flight.jpg
Strict discipline in China.jpg	Food we've eaten here.jpg	Ready to bounce.jpg	Arriving to Shanghai airport.jpg	It was bright in the airport.jpg
Seats we didn't have.jpg	Colorful night streets, Shanghai3.jpg	Colorful night streets, Shanghai2.jpg	Various people on the bus.jpg	Colorful night streets, Shanghai.jpg
Fooding time, dinner.jpg	Army of chefs prepared food.jpg	Here we are, eating.jpg	Igor and our Beijing guide.jpg	Igor and a vase2.jpg
Igor and a vase3.jpg	Igor and a vase.jpg	We all eat.jpg	Blur of the city night.jpg	This is how this blur deblurs.jpg
Arriving to hour Beijing hotel, it was cold, very cold.jpg	Map for going out at night.jpg	Igor in elevator reflection.jpg	Program of cleaning.jpg	Large grey buildings - Science building.jpg
Bird in a dirty place.jpg	Going to the Temple of Heaven.jpg	Igor by entrance of Temple of Heaven.jpg	Point of this game is not to let the ball fall.jpg	Toursts by entrance of Temple of Heaven, where Emperors prayed for wealth, health....jpg
Mighty defender.jpg	Entrance doors.jpg	Igor near the entrance to Temple of Heaven.jpg	Alex was intrigued by her more.jpg	Second guardian.jpg
Alex smiling.jpg	Heil Fuhrer! I kid.jpg	There's my Nazi face.jpg	Almost nobody there, as if.jpg	Our slightly unfriendly guide in Beijing.jpg
Guardians.jpg	Igor comes back.jpg	Standing by some house.jpg	My lips are cold, and dry, and air is polluted and hard to breathe.jpg	Entering a little tunnel.jpg
Alex by the tunnel entrance.jpg	Igor by tunnel entrance.jpg	Alex by water.jpg	Igor by water.jpg	Icy water, must be one quarter of inch thick, says Alex.jpg
Chop!.jpg	Water and tree branches hanging down.jpg	Along the path.jpg	Nice decor.jpg	Tall structure.jpg
Igor by tall structure.jpg	Alex by tall structure.jpg	Souvenier shop.jpg	Passing next set of gates.jpg	Pretty structure.jpg
iPhone captures this.jpg	Ducks, we'll have one for dinner, Pecking duck.jpg	Nice reflection in ice.jpg	Down the alley we go.jpg	Us with headwear.jpg
Us without headwear.jpg	Boat-looking building on water.jpg	This was an angry woman who didn't want her picture taken.jpg	Entering a bridge and a beautiful structure.jpg	Nice looking bridge.jpg
Water with the plants.jpg	Road forward.jpg	Pretty tree branches hanging above water.jpg	Ice behind the bridge.jpg	Alex with the hanging tree over water.jpg
Igor with the hanging tree over water.jpg	Igor with the hanging tree over water2.jpg	Through the tree.jpg	Doing their exercise motions.jpg	Going to the Pearl Factory.jpg
Igor again.jpg	Pearls in there.jpg	More pearls in there.jpg	Inquiring with the presenter.jpg	Mandatory pearl store.jpg
Is this long enough.jpg	I was bored in this particular store.jpg	Purchasing something for his loved one.jpg	500$.jpg	I look like a murderer.jpg
Another pose with the sword.jpg	Another pose with the sword2.jpg	We ate at this touristy place.jpg	Saying bye.jpg	I liked these.jpg
Government building of sort.jpg	Service hist post with honor.jpg	Very wide street by the Tiananmen square.jpg	First picture at Tiananmen Square.jpg	Walking at Tiananmen Square.jpg
Tiananmen Square4.jpg	Alex at Tiananmen Square.jpg	Igor at Tiananmen Square.jpg	Bus with snacks at Tiananmen Square.jpg	Tiananmen Square.jpg
Tiananmen Square2.jpg	Tiananmen Square3.jpg	Igor and Alex at Tiananmen Square.jpg	Igor extra friendly with Alex.jpg	Tiananmen Square5.jpg
People selling things on stairs.jpg	Crowd by Tiananmen Square.jpg	Tiananmen Square6.jpg	It was very cold by Tiananmen Square.jpg	Entrance to Forbidden City.jpg
Onto Forbidden City.jpg	Mom with her kid.jpg	Onto Forbidden City2.jpg	Alex by Forbidden City entrance.jpg	Igor by Forbidden City entrance.jpg
Igor once agan by Forbidden City.jpg	Igor once agan by Forbidden City2.jpg	Alex by Forbidden City.jpg	About to enter FOrbidden City.jpg	Inside Forbidden City, outer layer.jpg
Inside first layer of Forbidden City.jpg	View from top of Forbidden City structure.jpg	Side view.jpg	Alex on steps in Forbidden City.jpg	They want to pose with me.jpg
Igor and guy pose.jpg	Igor and guy interact.jpg	Igor watches the guy point.jpg	Igor made smile.jpg	Igor posing with some lady.jpg
View of Forbidden City.jpg	Hey you two.jpg	Igor and another girl, must have been my outfit today.jpg	Igor looking for others to pose with.jpg	In Forbidden City.jpg
People walking.jpg	In Forbidden City2.jpg	Building in Forbidden City.jpg	Igor poses by building in Forbidden City.jpg	Guy checking Alex out.jpg
Alex without guy checking him out.jpg	Forbidden City2.jpg	Forbidden City3.jpg	Forbidden City4.jpg	Forbidden City5.jpg
Forbidden City6.jpg	Forbidden City7 cool rooftops.jpg	Forbidden City8 cool rooftops.jpg	Forbidden City9.jpg	Igor flirting with a girl.jpg
Showing her the pic.jpg	Taking pic with her.jpg	Forbidden City10.jpg	Throne in Forbidden City.jpg	Wooo.jpg
Photographing by cool looking tree.jpg	Walking through the rocky structures.jpg	What you want.jpg	Looking at the city.jpg	Up close in my grill.jpg
Yang Xing something.jpg	Igor by Yang Xing titled building.jpg	Igor and a girl in white.jpg	Alex by a building.jpg	Photographing his daughter.jpg
Igor up close by red doors.jpg	Igor on a bench here.jpg	Looks like a wooden structure.jpg	Rocky structure.jpg	Alex by rocky structure.jpg
Igor by rocky structure.jpg	Top of the man-made-hill.jpg	Alex with arms spread.jpg	Igor with arms spread.jpg	Icy water.jpg
Really up close in my grill.jpg	Igor decides to try out someone's bike.jpg	About to board it.jpg	Igor on someone's bike, excited.jpg	Pretty, icy lake.jpg
Standing photographing with lens zoomed out.jpg	Chinese streets.jpg	Getting ready to have him drive us.jpg	Alex ready for the experience.jpg	Us happy.jpg
Us serious.jpg	He drove us.jpg	Some paintings sold along the drive.jpg	Lake, looking somewhat unsmooth.jpg	Walking down some local streets.jpg
We went into a typical Chinese household, I really liked this lady, she seemed kind.jpg	Her household does own a laptop.jpg	This was their other room.jpg	Alex washed some dishes.jpg	Kitty cold curled in a ball.jpg
Kitty looks playful, miew.jpg	Kitchen.jpg	Raising birds.jpg	Outside yard.jpg	Igor in the yard.jpg
Get over here damnit.jpg	Igor on red softa, with bricks underneath.jpg	Alex does cleanup.jpg	Yay me and the kind looking lady.jpg	Doggie liked Katie.jpg
Lady's son drawing studio.jpg	Lady's son drawing studio2.jpg	Boy picks up a toy on the street.jpg	Passing some artsy shops.jpg	Went to eat dinner here.jpg
It was like this inside.jpg	We were eating the following food.jpg	On a very cheap taxi ride, $2.jpg	Night streets in a walk in Beijing.jpg	Night streets in a walk in Beijing2.jpg
Entering a market in Beijing.jpg	At the market.jpg	Crowded.jpg	Alex bargaining on something.jpg	He gave us this yummy food for $2.jpg
Walking at night in Beijing.jpg	Walking at night in Beijing2.jpg	Walking at night in Beijing3.jpg	Walking at night in Beijing4.jpg	Cool car.jpg
Food vendors that were very agressive to passers.jpg	Hong Kong Food City.jpg	Walking at night in Beijing5.jpg	Well hi there.jpg	Very Christmasy.jpg
Grandeour looking hotel building.jpg	Purple lights hanging across streets.jpg	Waiting for Taxi.jpg	Tea on the street anyone.jpg	In our hotel room with little privacy, is he showering.jpg
Arguing about an accident, sorry camera wasn't ready.jpg	Going into some park leading to Temple of Heaven.jpg	Click.jpg	Walking up to Temple of Heaven.jpg	Temple of Heaven seen.jpg
Playing their paddle game.jpg	Playing their paddle game2.jpg	Playing their paddle game3.jpg	Playing their paddle game4.jpg	Some are quite colorful.jpg
Walking up mandatory stairs.jpg	Alex by Temple of Heaven.jpg	Igor points to Temple of Heaven.jpg	Igor and Alex point to Temple of Heaven.jpg	Temple of Heaven.jpg
Alex looking on.jpg	Temple of Heaven2.jpg	Temple of Heaven3.jpg	View around Temple of Heaven.jpg	Paintin of chairman Mao and some Democrats infront of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest in 1949, that's right.jpg
Nice capture by AR.jpg	With the cam.jpg	All these people are playing their racket game.jpg	He was quite a guardian, not quite quiet.jpg	Bird's nest stadium, build by Switzerland company for 08 Olympics, all steel.jpg
Alex feeling comfy by bird's nest.jpg	Igor by bird's nest.jpg	Alex relatively small to a massive steel structure.jpg	Alex closeup by bird's nest.jpg	Igor by bird's nest3.jpg
Igor by bird's nest2.jpg	Closeup of bird's nest stadium.jpg	Edge of bird's nest and downtown behind.jpg	IBM curvy building.jpg	Igor by IBM building.jpg
Igor by a water-cube stadium.jpg	Alex by IBM.jpg	Alex by water cube.jpg	Vast land amongst stadiums.jpg	Igor barely holding Alex.jpg
Alex comfortably holds Igor.jpg	Bird's Stadium shot.jpg	Another olympic stadium.jpg	Watering.jpg	Soldier on post.jpg
Scene outside of Olympic Village.jpg	Silver.jpg	Jim snapping pics of funny sign.jpg	Friendly officer sign.jpg	Large building.jpg
Buy this horse.jpg	At the jade 'museum'.jpg	Horse jade figurines.jpg	Vicous lion figurine, for $600.jpg	Workers.jpg
Ship.jpg	Eagle.jpg	Lion pack.jpg	Vessel.jpg	Flower I guess.jpg
Eagle2.jpg	Mustang.jpg	Endless counters.jpg	Endless choice of figurines.jpg	Jade engineer.jpg
Instrument.jpg	Arriving at restaurant for lunch.jpg	Alex hungry.jpg	Just using the bathroom to wash hands and taking self pic.jpg	Alex full.jpg
Like a G6, we all thought.jpg	Disnely land construction in Beijing.jpg	Disnely land construction in Beijing2.jpg	On our way to the Great Wall, so is that red truck.jpg	At the bottom, by the Great Wall.jpg
Great Wall into the south.jpg	People at the bottom of the Great Wall.jpg	Ice Cream, Great Wall, you name it.jpg	Alex by the bottom of Great Wall.jpg	Igor by the bottom of Great Wall.jpg
Two girls' picture by Great Wall.jpg	Igor and a girl in teal by Great Wall.jpg	Igor and a girl in teal by Great Wall2.jpg	Nice houses by Great Wall.jpg	Along the path to the top, very tiring.jpg
Locks along the path.jpg	Alex already fatigued a bit.jpg	Igor's mouth was also open due to lack of good air, and need of it.jpg	Igor, Alex, and our random asian friend.jpg	People on their way up.jpg
View below, also see Great Wall extend across this capture.jpg	Great Wall is not greater than cellular connection.jpg	It was smog-smoke-foggy.jpg	He is tired, after 12 days of eating and no exercise.jpg	View below, also see Great Wall extend across this capture2.jpg
View down from the booth up on each tower.jpg	Still a very long way up.jpg	Alex on the move.jpg	First few towers behind.jpg	Igor walking up2.jpg
Igor walking up.jpg	To top-right-most towers is the finish to get to.jpg	View from one of the towers.jpg	I was kinda tired myself.jpg	I was kinda tired myself2.jpg
Alex really tired after distance covered, seen behind him.jpg	Just a portion of the distance that was covered so far.jpg	Just a portion of the distance yet to go.jpg	Ruthless, steep stairs.jpg	Alex walks up in the once in a lifetime journey.jpg
Great wall - little tourists.jpg	House with view of the mountains.jpg	House of the rising sun.jpg	Mountains captured by Canon 5D Mark II.jpg	Mountains captured by Droid X.jpg
Path left to cover, more stairs.jpg	Mountain hills.jpg	Trek ahead.jpg	Tree with the view behind.jpg	Perhaps the top part of the wall wasn't 2000 years old.jpg
Mountains disappear in the background.jpg	Alex with rather grey background.jpg	Alex at the fork.jpg	I believe this was the summit, the northern end of the Great Wall.jpg	More mountains.jpg
Curvy Great Wall below.jpg	View from the Great Wall.jpg	Igor Tanas now forever engraved, I can die happy now.jpg	More mountains2.jpg	Highest point if where it was engraved.jpg
Alex awaits below.jpg	Igor ready to end it.jpg	Igor ready to end it2, he didn't!.jpg	Great Wall curving below.jpg	More hills.jpg
Steep stairs of the Great Wall.jpg	Great Wall.jpg	Igor resting at a high point in Great Wall.jpg	Igor resting at a high point in Great Wall2.jpg	He was asked to smile here.jpg
Tired from walking down2.jpg	Tired from walking down.jpg	On the way down.jpg	On the way down2.jpg	More of the way down.jpg
Alex sitting for a bit.jpg	View on the way down.jpg	Igor walking down.jpg	View on the way down2.jpg	Hello there.jpg
View of the frozen water and continuation of Great Wall.jpg	lol nasty Alex.jpg	lol..jpg	Here's me on it.jpg	Road leading up to Great Wall.jpg
Scene by the Great Wall.jpg	Cannon.jpg	Igor's cannon.jpg	Igor at the bottom.jpg	Alex' sexy look - having warm green tea after long journey.jpg
Alex' sexy look - having warm green tea after long journey2.jpg	Ready for our much deserved peking-duck dinner.jpg	A Nikon.jpg	Duck was being cut, unfortunately not for us.jpg	Standing there yawning, on my last day, by myself.jpg
Cool building and bus reflection.jpg	Taking a taxi to man-made-hill.jpg	Entering the gate.jpg	No paws.jpg	Other side of the gate.jpg
Walking up some more stairs to get to the top of the hill.jpg	First structure.jpg	Path to the higher structure.jpg	View of Beijing from almost highest point.jpg	View of Beijing from almost highest point2.jpg
Top of the hill seen.jpg	A structure.jpg	View of the Forbidden City from top of the man-made-hill.jpg	Phone pic can't even compare, for those who aren't sure.jpg	View of the Forbidden City from top of the man-made-hill2.jpg
View from top of man-made-hill.jpg	View from top of man-made-hill2.jpg	View from top of man-made-hill3.jpg	Igor at the top of man-made-hill.jpg	2 princesses taking pictures.jpg
Igor the emperor.jpg	Igor the emperor2.jpg	Igor the emperor5.jpg	Igor the emperor3.jpg	Emperor.jpg
Igor the emperor4.jpg	Igor the emperor with empress.jpg	Igor the emperor with empress2.jpg	Igor the emperor with empress3.jpg	Entrance to Forbidden City, below.jpg
Sky.jpg	Many birds on tree branch.jpg	Sight of the man-made-hill.jpg	Igor with a guy.jpg	Igor with a girl.jpg
Several emperors hung themselves at this spot.jpg	Battery Memory card.jpg	Onto Forbidden City I go.jpg	Ticket purchased.jpg	Nice roof-tops.jpg
Sunny.jpg	Back at the Forbidden City.jpg	Some girls' behinds, right.jpg	View at Forbidden City2.jpg	View at Forbidden City.jpg
Nice view at the Forbidden City.jpg	Nice view at the Forbidden City2.jpg	Temple at the Forbidden City.jpg	Temple top at the Forbidden City.jpg	Leaving the Forbidden City.jpg
On the way out of Forbidden City.jpg	Mmm corn.jpg	Yummy.jpg	It doesn't look like I'm eating it.jpg	Spinning.jpg
Soldier, by Mao.jpg	Another soldier patrols.jpg	Leafs and bus.jpg	Leafs on the road.jpg	Igor self-pic by road with leafs on it.jpg
Cars on the road, and a stadium.jpg	Road again.jpg	Trying to catch a cab, damnit.jpg	On the 5th try I finally got one.jpg	My driver, who got lost.jpg
Buildings along the way.jpg	So where exactly am I going.jpg	Uhh spa.jpg	Mmm meat was fresh and good.jpg	I was eating here.jpg
Yummy meat in sauce.jpg	Potatoe salad.jpg	Food.jpg	Cooked onion.jpg	Very nice food there.jpg
Onto the hotel room.jpg	Hotel room in Beijing.jpg	Chilling in hotel.jpg	Freedom.jpg	View outside hotel room in Beijing.jpg
Igor sitting by the window.jpg	Igor by the window.jpg	View outside hotel room in Beijing2.jpg	Camera responsible for all these pictures.jpg	Selling nuts, at night.jpg
Back to my favorite food place.jpg	My favorite food place at night.jpg	I was stuck in elevator full of kids.jpg	I was stuck in elevator full of kids2.jpg	Having breakfast in the morning, hotel buffet.jpg
Saying bye to the last hotel room.jpg	Packed, good to go for 12 hour flight.jpg	At Beijing airport.jpg	Last pic.jpg	12 minute story about a snake.avi
At a club.avi	At a club2.avi	Creepy look inside an elevator.avi	Flight-delaying wind on man-made hill.avi	Guy stretching something that'll later be sugar.avi
High speed train and our group.avi	High speed train goes by.avi	Performance - fight.avi	Pet birds dive to get fish which they can't swallow.avi	Splendid China 2010.jpg

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