Highlights from China Part 3 - Ancient and Modern Wonders

Today my hubby finished sorting all the pictures from our trip. He really took a lot of pictures! Since a picture is worth a thousand words, this shall be a photoblog of the ancient and modern that we saw on our trip. Most of these pics were taken by my hubby, but I have permission to use them on my blog.  If you want to use any of these photos please ask me to ask my husband for permission.  Enjoy!

The Ancient:

The Great Wall - Beijing

Tiananmen - Beijing

Temple of Heaven - Beijing (This is probably my favorite structure in Beijing. It is around 600 years old and built without a single nail).

Terra Cotta Army- Xian (They were a lot bigger in size and numbers than I thought. These are around 2000 years old)

Five Pavillion Bridge - Yangzhou (This is the symbol of my hometown Yangzhou. Built in the 1700s by salt merchants on the Slim West Lake)

The Modern:

Bird’s Nest & Water Cube - Beijing (We didn’t get to stop and go into these, but they were quite impressive and looked even better at night)

CCTV tower - Beijing (A really weird looking building)

Runyang Bridge on the Yangtze River - (This bridge connects Yangzhou & Zhengjiang and its southern section is the 4th longest suspension bridge in the world)

Pudong Skyline - Shanghai (These new buildings east of the Huangpu river sprung up in the last 15 years.)

Speed counter of the Shanghai Magnetic Levitation Train (It’s going about 260 miles per hour for you non-metric folks).

There is not much to say besides that you have to see it to believe it all.

To be continued…

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