Storms and Gold in Beijing

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August 26th 2008

Published: August 26th 2008

We continued to travel north through China towards Beijing. We stopped off at two fairly non-descript cities, Hangzhou and Nanjing and went to the "most beautiful mountains in China" at Huang Shan. Hangzhou did have a nice lake, ingeniously called the "West Lake", which allowed for nice photos of weeping willows and boats. Nothing of any significance occurred in Nanjing, except perhaps for Ross... Read Full Entry

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Union Jacks

These poor kids went to such an effort, to be thwarted by a man with golden hair.

Maria

Ross and the Columbian girl pretending to support Great Britain. She accidentally cheered for Germany at one point.

Golden Celebration

Obviously Sarra was celebrating the fact she was seeing Ross and I for the first time in months.

Confucius

Ross pretending to be Confucius for some reason.

Dragon

This was part of the roof of a Buddhist Temple.

Tiananmen Square Monument

At least there were no dressed up American tourists surrounding this part of the Square.

Mau

Not pickled, just a picture.

Forbidden City

This was the first of many courtyards.

Rooftops of the Forbidden City

I wish I could airbrush the guy next to me out.

Guardian of the Forbidden City

Not quite sure what this is meant to be - looks like a cross between a lion and a dragon to me.

Peaceful Garden of the Forbidden City

This was anything but peaceful, what with the hundreds of tourists.

Starfish Anyone?

I just couldn't bring myself to try any of this.

Shanghai Bund

The old, colonial street in Shanghai facing the modern buildings of Pudong across the water.

Pudong

The other side of the water from the Bund.

1st September 2008

Louisa Wallace
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It's still raining
Hi, I can't tell you how strange it was to see you and Ross and Sarra on tv. But it was stange. I don't think I've ever waved at the tv before. Do you need any help getting work in Austalia? I have a couple of friends who have worked in law firms there. Lx

4th September 2008

Ray
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Pics
Am loving all your photos and it is great just following your journey and experiences. Yes, it was amazing seeing you on that screen, out of all those people in that stadium, quite incredible. Hope you enjoy the next installment through Thailand and Cambodia. Gavin and Kerri enjoyed that part of their trip, found it really interesting and had no problems at all. Thought the people were just lovely.

6th September 2008

Lynn Downie
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I had never seen the photo of you guys on the big screen - AMAZING!! Sounds like you're having a fantastic Kerry - loving your blog!

15th September 2008

Mum
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Fame!
Overheard in Morrisons store Troon,a conversation between two pensioners. "Have you read Kerry's Blog? I haven't missed an episode, it seems just like yesterday she was playing out the back door. now she is famous". Fame at last Kerry.

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