PICTURES!

Becky 9/21/08

Well, time to write seems to have become a thing of the past for me with work and my family. I know everyone has been asking for pictures so I though I’d spend a few minutes and post a few. A lot of the pictures have a tremendous amount of history, so if you’re interested I recommend a Google-a-thon!

8/15/08 SFO (San Fransisco) to PVG (Shanghai Pudong)







8/17/08 Andrew and Eric’s 1st outing. Walking on the Huangpu riverwalk. Across the river is The Bund, notice the French architecture.



8/21/08 Hongzhou with the Tyson family (Ben is a coworker with me at HP). It was HOT that day 41C with 90% humidity that day. We picked one of the hottest days of the summer to visit. Thank Heaven for dry wick!

West Lake

Rental bikes, they are made for Chinese, not big Americans. It was fun riding around the lake. Only Eric fit his bike.

West Lake with a chuan (boat). I think it was a restaurant.

Lingyin Temple


8/23/08 Zhujiajiao watertown. The locals use boats to get around.
Our first outing with Bohdi, a local adventure club. It rained heavily that day so we enjoyed the mud. No hills though!

Time for lunch. Notice the mud!

Better wash my bike off!


9/7/08 Chongming Dao (Island). Family outing to a forest park where we walked, rode a few rides, ate and walked some more.
Eric and Andrew trying to ride in water spheres. The kids couldn’t stand up, I laughed so hard my stomach hurt.

Andrew and Eric grass skiing. Who says you can’t ski in China?

We don’t need vehicles to move trees when we have 1.3 billion people! The Chinese love having their picture taken, notice the smiles.


9/14/08-9/15/08 Nanjing. Very important city in China. If you’re into history look up WWII and the Japanese wiping out Nanjing. Very sad, but the Chinese are extremely resilient people. I remember learning about German Concentration Camps, but don’t remember anything about Nanjing. Interesting what we are taught in school.

Darrell and me at Yuejianglou Tower

And the family

Walking on Nanjing Wall

Dinner at a traditional Chinese restaurant in Nanjing. Our driver Zhong joined us. It’s interesting how he becomes part of the family. We’ve never met his family, but hope too sometime.

Zhongshan Mountain National Park. This is the most prestigious area of Nanjing.

Dr. Sun Yatsen’s Mausoleum – 1st Nationalist leader of China is buried here.

Linggu Temple –

A view from the top. It was late in the afternoon so the fog/pollution had rolled in, but you can see the city skyline to get an idea how the BIG Zhongshan Mountain was.

Ziaxia Lake – Chinglish at it’s finest. Notice the people swimming, we’re not sure why they bother with signs except maybe for tourists who get a kick out of them.