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October 27th 2005

Published: October 27th 2005

Ni Hao.
Time for some photos to keep you all amused, prize for the first person to work out who Chiang Kai-shek is.
Beijing is vast, went and saw the wall today and just stuffed my face with some Peking duck, very tasty. Mind you the silk worm I ate last night was rather good too, however I decided against the locusts, they looked a little too crunchy.
Jelly fish is a bit like eating an elastic band, strange. And the Hot pot we had in Cheng du had seahorses in it. They eat anything over here.

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In the Army now...

Here we are, left to right: me,Chiang Kai-shek, Andy and Julian. We have joined up.

Monkey!

This is the Pagoda built when Tripitaka, yes the Man/Woman monk out of Monkey, returned from India. 'The journey west' as it is know here is very popular, The nature of Monkey is irrepressible.

Wall-eyed

Yes folks, no trip to China would be comeplete without a trip here....

Arse!

of the terracota kind

Water, water everywhere..

This is a lake in Jiuzhai Gou, an area famous for the coloured waters in the valleys. The blue colours are really bright and caused by natural minerals.

Buddha

Dafo, Le Shan. A huge Buddha carved out of the rock on the Yangtze near Cheng Du. It's big.

Jiuzhai Gou resort

This is the resort we stayed at in Jiuzhai Gou. It is a huge place built in the Han style. Really impressive for a modern resort.

Emei Shan

This picture is taken on one of the Chinese holy mountains. It was very pretty and very much as you imagine China to be.

Gorge-geous

Cruising down the Yangtze between Chongqing and Yichan. Julian and Andy upgraded to the Presidentail suit so we had a massive deck at the front of the ship to ourselves, nice.