A World Record Buddha

Grandma and Dad at the Lama Temple in front of the building housing the World's Tallest Indoor Standing Buddha carved out of a single piece of sandlewood. We weren't allowed to take pictures of the Buddha itself.

3 Generations of Iowans in China

May 15th 2007
I'm posting this entry about 1 month too late. I have no excuse except laziness. Sorry everybody! Grandma and Dad came to visit me in China! It was so wonderful. We spent the first day in Hong Kong and rode the new cable car to the Big Buddha. The cable car ride takes 25 minutes and during the entire journey we enjoyed spectacular views of Lantau Island. (The cable cars were shut down a couple ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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