Flying Penguin Journeys

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China Gallery

A collection of photos from my 6 months living in China. Click an image to view full size and description.

light display that reads 'Best Wishes for the New Year'
Arches of red lanterns over a staircase
Person standing next to large statue of a rearing brown horse.
Canton Tower in Guangzhou lit up in white lights.
Lion Dance performer in lion costume at top of a pole.
Guangzhou skyline building lit up in bright colors at night
Panda laying on its stomach in an indoor zoo enclosure
panda sitting up and eating bamboo in an indoor zoo enclosure
Tall pagoda half in view with blue sky and clouds in background
Pagoda roof surounded by greenery and sunlight
Mandarin characters carved in a bamboo stalk
Elderly gentleman sitting obsurced by bamboo
10 dumplings served in a steamer container
Man, surrounded by a display of prepared sewers of various foods, cooking a meat skewer on a barbeque.
Round gate in a wall in a park
Beach sand and ocean horizon
Small stuffed penguin in the sand on the beach with the ocean on the horizon
View out a train window looking at a Chinese village
View of Chinese countryside and small town through train window
View looking out at skinny, jagged mountains of Zhangjiajie, surrounded by spring budding trees
Foggy view of skinny, jagged Zhangjiajie mountains
Small stuffed penguin on sitting on a wall with the Zhangjiajie mountains in the background
View of a mountain and building with late afternoon sun casting strong shadows.
Person standing ground level in the Zhangjiajie mountains with misty mountains in the distance
Looking down at crazy curvy mountain road
GIrls sitting at the fence of the cement walkway on the side of Tien Men mountain
Two red flags tied to the branches of a tree, only branches and blue sky in view
Small stuffed penguin at the base of the 999 step stairway leading up to a natural arcway
beijing olympic torch at night
Tiananmen Square monument with honor guard
Front entrance to the forbidden city, Large picture of Mao on the wall.
open plaza inside of the Fobidden city, with a crowd of people
ornate roof, including intricatly painted roofing beams and small guardian creatures along the roof line, at the Forbidden city
stone details carved with dragons along the top of a wall, greenery above the wall
Small stuffed penguin on a low wall with the Forbidden City and greater Beijing behind
purple and white irises blooming along white stone stairs
woman sitting on a ledge between two tibetan temple buildings
looking down a shadowy walkway between two tibetan temple buidlings
closeup shot of a roof point at the lama temple complex, includes small guardian creatures along the corner roofline.
large, round blue building with three stories decreasing in size. A large gold ball sits at the top point.
the Great Wall of Chine, streaching straigh out and then winding through hills in the distancet
turning corner section of the Great Wall of China, stairstepping up a hill, with a Chinese flag seen in the distance atop one of the towers
The Great Wall of China, centered in the middle of the screen and going horizontally all the way across
older woman being helped to climb through a window in a tower of the Great Wall of China, with a line of people waiting their turn
small stuffed penguin sitting on a low stone wall with the Great Wall of China in the background
beijing olympic torch at night
rows of famous terracotta warriors lined up still in their excavation dig site
cmall stuffed penguin in front of an excavation site filled with terracotta warriors
single terracotta warrior archer, kneeling on one knee, displayed in a glass case
large grassy hill with a sidewalk leading to it
small stone flower pillar partially illuminated by a lit, rectangular lantern with writing on the shades
7 story pagoda lit up at night
tall, green, rounded carsts in the background and a dirt road and mopeds in the foreground
bamboo raft floating on river
small stuffed penguin near the prow of a bamboo raft floating down a river
large stone bridge, covered in vines, across a river. Many bamboo rafts with umbrellas along the shores of the river
rolling hills of terraced race paddies
small stuffed penguin with rolling rice fields in the background
view from airplace window, overlooking the wing, with blue sky and fluffy clouds