|
|
Eric and Alex come for a visit... |
|
|
Beijing has 15-20 million people and is several thousand years old, so we'll see it all... |
|
|
The temple figures predate Star Wars by centuries... |
|
|
At another palacial temple... |
|
|
Standard issue over-the-top temple ceiling... |
|
|
Temple back 40... |
|
|
Eric with thought bubble... |
|
|
Everybody count off... |
|
|
Park designated for old people... |
|
|
China-scale railroad museum... |
|
|
Grant wants to drive one home... |
|
|
Outside the railway museum... |
|
|
Old electronics factory turned into art gallery - anything would look cool in this room... |
|
|
Outside a lone warrior fends off a pack of wolves... |
|
|
Gotta visit the wall... |
|
|
Did the earth stop? No that's just the pollution... |
|
|
Visiting forbidden city colossus... |
|
|
Anybody hungry? |
|
|
Central casting sends over a crusty old dude who lives in a cave... |
|
|
Fabulous ancient Hanging Monastary... |
|
|
Alison in the Hanging Monastary (when she wasn't trying to push me over the edge)... |
|
|
One the 40-something ancient Buddist caves... |
|
|
Eric and Alex visit caves... |
|
Uncle Doug visits, so it's off to the wall at Mutianyu during unusually cooperative weather... |
|
The men assess the situation... |
|
Alison poses like a local... |
|
The wall can accommodate a crowd... |
|
Chinese tourist from who-knows-what-province wanted her picture taken with Uncle Doug, as they have none in her province... |
|
Steep... |
|
Oodles of kids watch "Charlie Brown" before going out marauding... |
|
Grant as ninja... |
|
Grownups enjoy halloween also... |
|
A pretty good pumpkin by Alison... |
|
Boo! |
|
Witch and pirate enjoy a break outside... |
|
In housing complex of mostly Japanese, Korean, and Americans, you get an array of stuff on halloween... |