Kazie China Trip

View of intricate design on one of many buildings in Beijing’s Forbidden City

Kay and Barry ride in a rickshaw to the Hutong district in Beijing

Display at a jade factory –not everything is green!

Barry on the Great Wall

Barry and Kay in front of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven

Small section of the famous Terra Cotta Soldiers in Xi’an

A scene from the Tang Music and Dance Show. Text displayed at the side of the stage at various intervals gave information on the different stages of Tang Dynasty history.

A couple posing for a wedding photo. We saw many Mercedes and other luxury cars everywhere.

Kay in front of the Buddhist Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi’an. China has four main religions: Buddhism, Muslim, Christianity and Taoism

Lao woman with her hair piled on top of her head in Long Shen, on the way up to the Dragon Spine Rice Terraces near Guilin

Barry and Kay at lunch in a restaurant near the top of the rice terraces. We loved the way food is served on huge lazy susans centered on all restaurant tables.

Scenery on the Li River, on which we cruised for a few hours

Many of the translated signs were amusing—this was a place selling selfie sticks.

Family outing? We couldn’t believe this!

Shanghai—view from the 88^th floor of the Jinmao Tower, tallest building in China at 1,380 feet.

Kay and Barry on the Bund, a riverside promenade on the opposite side of the Huangpu River from Jinmao. Here the buildings date from the British era and remind me a lot of downtown Sydney.

Silk spinning from the chrysalises at the silk factory in Suzhou.