China Trip Date(s): June 2012. Album by Brian Boyle. Photos by Brian Boyle. 1 - 36 of 36 Total. 105 Visits.
1 The Bund street scape in Shanghai. This used to be the centre of European power in China in the 19th century.
2 Brian and Chairman Mao at the Bund in Shanghai
3 Liz at the Bund in Shanghai. The weather was overcast - but most of that sky is smog! We haven't see blue sky yet while we have been here.
4 Tourist area in Shanghai
5 Brian and Liz outside Wuxi Railway Station. This is a city that is smaller than Sydney - check out the sheer size of the Station.
6 At the factory showroom in Wuxi.
7 Brian and Liz at South Shanghai Railway Station on our way to Yiwu. Typical of the dimensions of all the main transport hubs here - behind us is the waiting area to catch the trains. This isn't even the main Shanghai railway station.
8 Mineral specimen shop. The large stones in the foreground contain emerald crystal pipes.
9 Liz and our friend Cindy looking for pearls at Yiwu. There are 40,000 wholesale shops in this centre.
10 The Yiwu Night Markets
11 Our dinner being prepared at the Yiwu Night Markets
12 Our dinner being prepared at the Night Markets in Yiwu
13 Street scape in Guangzhou
14 Storm breaking up over Guangzhou to blue sky - see Col, you can get blue skies in China
15 More blue sky over Guangzhou.
16 Liz on a street in Guangzhou with coffee in hand.
17 Guangzhou. The third largest city in China. It is located in Guandong Provence. This provence has the 5th largest economy in the world - bigger than most nations.
18 Guangzhou street scape
19 Accommodation skyscrapers. We saw hundreds of these being built - everywhere we travelled.
20 Setting out on the Hong Kong cable car
21 The trip back down the mountain on the cable car.
22 Hong Kong Disneyland
23 Mickey and friends
24 Liz has been waiting for 45 years to go on the Tea Cups.
25 Hong Kong Jewellery Show
26 Hong Kong from the Exhibition Centre
27 Liz and Sergeant Wilson of the Hong Kong Police. He could talk more than she could!
28 Liz and the good luck dragon that opened the Jewellery Show
29 Riding The Hong Kong subway
30 This was at a little street cafe near where we stayed.
31 Amazing Hong Kong high rises.
32 Liz on a pedestrian overpass.
33 The amazing architecture of the Hong Kong Government Offices. Check out the building on the right.
