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China, Tibet trip (May 2004):

These pictures are from the first 8 (of 18) days of the China trip led by our intrepid leader Carl Cobb. Included are picture from Beijing (Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace), the Great Wall at Juyongguan, the Ming Tombs, the Three Gorges Dam, Yangtze River cruise, Chongqing, Dazu (Boadingshan), and Chengdu.

 

Joanna and Karl (and friend) near  the Gate of Heavenly Peace

Guardian Lion inside the Forbidden City

Approaching the Meridian Gate (Wumen)

Honor Guard soldiers

Anne, Helen, and Donna resting with some local ladies

Helen, Joanna, and Anne in the concubine residence area

Onboard the Dragon Boat on Kunming Lake at the Summer Palace

               The Marble Boat on Kunming Lake at the                 Summer Palace

The Great Wall at Juyongguan

Anne and Joanna ascending the Wall

Anne on a steep climb

Joanna descending the well worn steps

Joanna with a military man at the Ming Tombs

Stone Qilin along the Sacred Way at the Ming Tombs

Tony and Forrest, our two national guides

Stele Pavilion at the Ming tombs

Joanna and Helen at the Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges (Sanxia) Dam

Entering the first lock

Leaving the top lock

Water level markers (in meters) along the shore

Helen in Xiling Gorge

Boarding the sampans on Shennong Stream

Heading out in the sampans

Trackers hauling sampans through the shoals

Our singing guide

Riding the Fengdu chairlift

Pat with new Fengdu "friend"

Carl coming down on the Fengdu chairlift

Fengdu group portrait

Carl, Karl , and three ladies in Qutang Gorge

Taiji practitioner at Chongqing Zoo

Cindy blowing bubbles

One happy baby

Helen and Anne at Baodingshan (Dazu)

"One Dollar" Carl at Baodingshan stall

Guardians of Buddhist law at Baodingshan (Dazu)

Unfinished Vidyarajas carvings at Baodingshan

Father and son feeding the fish at Chengdu park

Chinese bridal couple posing for formal portrait

Three ladies and the Poetess Xue Tao

Carl trying to distract the Poetess Xue Tao

Lindly playing mahjong with the natives in Chengdu park

Lindly's mahjong hand(s)

At the Sichuan Opera

At the Sichuan Opera

 

 

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Tiananmen Square activity Hall of Supreme Harmony in Forbidden City
Roofs in the Forbidden City Roof eave detail
Parapet detail inside the Forbidden City Kunming Lake at the Summer Palace
Looking down the steps of the Great Wall at Juyongguan Another section of the Great Wall at Juyongguan
The Sacred Way at the Ming Tombs Xiling Gorge below the dam
The Three Gorges Dam from the top of Pickle Jar Hill (Visitor Center) Closeup of the spillway
Xiling Gorge above the dam Bridge at Badong in the earlymorning
Wu Gorge Coke loading operation at Wushan
Qutang Gorge Riding down on the chairlift at Fengdu
Chongqing seen from the Stilwell ("Vinegar Joe") Museum  Riverside Park mahjong players in Chengdu
       
       

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