Saturday, June 30, 2007

Batam


Cable-ski (http://www.cable-ski.com/)

Monday, June 11, 2007

Beijing: Lao She Teahouse, North Sea Park, Wang Fu Jing


Performances @ Lao She teahouse






North Sea Park(Beihaigongyuan)
-Nine Dragon Screen




Our tour group


Wang Fu Jing

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Beijing: Prince Gong's Palace, Old Summer Palace


Prince Gong's Palace (well-preserved)






Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan)






Severly destroyed by Br & Fr troops


Broadcasting the recent return of monuments

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Beijing: Ming Tombs, Summer Palace


Ming(Thirteen) Tombs (Shi San Ling)




Summer Palace(Yu He Yuan)


Longest Corridor



Friday, June 08, 2007

Beijing: Great Wall


Ba Da Ling Bear Zoo: Entrance to the Ba Da Ling part of the Great Wall






Cable cars ferrying us up to the Great Wall









Thursday, June 07, 2007

Beijing: Tiananmen Square




Statues in front of Mao Zedong Mausoleum


Monument to the People's Heroes @ Tiananmen Square


Tiananmen=Entrance to Forbidden City


Forbidden City










Chinese acrobatics

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Beijing: Temple of Heaven, Peking Duck


Skyscrapers


Temple of Heaven(Tiantan)
-Built in Ming dynasty
-Used by emperors to worship the heaven
-Has an echo wall (Whisper able to travel from 1 end of the wall to the other end)










Peking Duck