China

Beijing: March 2008

3-23 Boys Tian'an Men Gate CU

3-23 Mao portrait

3-23 Tian' an Men Gate with masses

3-23 Nathan red door

3-23 Nathan hand knob

3-23 Shellie & boys bridges

3-23 Meridian Gate & Golden Water

3-23 Nathan looks in cauldron

3-23 Bronze cauldron dragon

3-23 Male lion

3-23 Lion CU

3-23 Hall of Supreme Harmony restoration

3-23 Palace of Peaceful Longevity

3-23 Roof Guardians

3-23 Hall details

3-23 Rood edge details

3-23 Gate of Supreme Harmony restoration

3-23 Boar head

3-23 Aged bronze

3-23 Dragon turtle head

3-23 Shellie & boys moat

3-23 Boys opening kites

3-23 Aidan kite, gate

3-23 Aidan kite Chinese girl watches

3-23 Aidan kite high

3-23 Shellie helps Aidan

3-23 Nathan kite CU

3-23 Boys fly kites

3-23 Nathan & Neerav kite

3-23 Nathan watches high

3-23 Nathan kite up, gate

3-23 Nathan Chinese girl watches

3-23 Shellie & boys Tian'an Men Square

3-23 Great Hall of the People

3-23 China National Museum

3-23 Mao's Mausoleum

3-23 Mao's guard

3-23 Monument to the People's Heroes

3-23 Taxi driver cleaning car

3-23 Aidan & Shellie menu book

3-23 Grand Hyatt Beijing

3-23 Flag horizontal

Great Wall: March 2008

3-24 Family wall sky WS

3-24 Boys pose wall

3-24 Wall to west

3-24 Nathan & Neerav cable car

3-24 Aidan cable CU

3-24 Cable, slide

3-24 Wall to east

3-24 Boys from behind

3-24 Boys reach watchtower

3-24 Nathan climbs

3-24 Aidan & Neerav stairs

3-24 Family top stairs

3-24 Boys & Shellie wall

3-24 Wall thru window

3-24 Boys attack

3-24 Neerav & Aidan stairway

3-24 Boys climb down stairs

3-24 Boys wall

3-24 Family towers, wall

3-24 Neerav & Aidan slide

3-24 Neerav & Aidan down slide

3-24 Nathan slide turn

Shanghai: March 2008

3-26 Shanghai architecture

3-26 Family Pearl Tower

3-26 Family train

3-26 McCall & Erin train

3-26 Boys & Erin subway

3-26 431 km CU

3-26 Boys train

3-26 Erin & Neerav train

3-26 Aidan train

3-26 Skyline river west

3-26 Shanghai skyline vertical

3-26 Shanghai skyline 3

3-26 Shanghai skyline 1

3-26 Pearl Tower

3-26 Will-be tallest building

3-26 New tower and Jin Mao Tower

3-26 Bridalwear

3-26 Boys & Erin noodles

3-26 Erin & Aidan noodles

3-26 Shellie eats bday noodles

3-26 Neerav & Shellie Thai bday dinner

3-26 Erin massage

3-26 Neerav massage asleep

3-26 Neerav foot massage

3-26 Neerav massage out

3-27 Group Yuyuan Gardens market copy

3-27 Yuan Gardens market

3-27 Shellie shops

3-27 Neerav no thanks

3-27 Boys emperor hats

3-27 Boys emperor hats attack

3-27 McCall emperor gown

3-27 Boys entrance Yuyuan Gardens

3-27 Boys new pajamas

3-27 Out with old

3-27 Loaded bike cart

3-27 Girl in Old Shanghai

3-27 Red doors

3-27 Free milk delivery to old

3-27 Parked bikes

3-27 Mops

3-27 Rooftop washlines

3-27 Public restroom for residents

3-27 Woman washing clothes

3-27 One hotpot per family

3-27 Tour guide photographer & wife artist

3-27 Demo day

3-27 Unique doorways demo

3-27 Bricks, tiles

3-27 Internet in Old Shanghai

3-27 Old, new skyline

3-27 Man tai chi

3-27 Aidan exercises with locals

3-27 Neerav exercises

3-27 Aidan on stairclimber

3-27 Nathan on rower

3-27 Aidan on surfer

Guilin: March 2008

3-28 Truman, Aidan playdoh airport

3-28 Nathan video game airport

3-28 Aidan perfects noodle technique

3-28 Group going deep dinner

3-28 Nathan noodles

3-28 Group discovers dinner on restaurant sidewalk

3-28 Group pool Lijang Waterfall Hotel

3-29 Handsome Aidan CU

3-29 Boys entrance caves

3-29 Family turtle cave

3-29 Stalagmites

3-29 Reflecting pool

3-29 Reflecting pool, stone walkway

3-29 Reed Flute Cave 1

3-29 Lighted stalagtites

3-29 Nathan touches stalagtite

3-29 Boys inside Reed Flute Cave

3-29 Boys, 1300 yr old turtle

3-29 Boys feed turtle

3-29 Aidan feeds turtle

3-29 Nathan feels turtle

3-29 Nathan coin turtle

3-29 McCall gets necklace with turtle luck

3-29 Family cave

3-29 Erin, Shellie, boys cave

3-29 Group climb

Ping’an: December 2010

3-30 Off bus

3-29 Heavy load

3-29 Super female sherpas

3-29 Older woman loaded down

3-29 Female sherpa with 60-lb suitcase

3-29 Boys, sherpas walk uphill

3-29 Climb to lodge

3-29 Woodworker

3-29 Woman needlepoint

3-29 Walk to lodge

3-29 Parent room Li'an Lodge

3-29 Boys Li'an Lodge top of mountain

3-29 Dinner

3-30 Lodge view 1

3-30 Lodge view 2

3-30 Lodge view 3

3-30 Lodge view 4

3-30 Lodge view 5

3-30 Boys view terraced patties rear

3-30 Boys from lodgel balcony

3-30 Boys around bend

3-30 Boys around curve

3-30 Boys down stairs

3-30 Ancestral gravesite

3-30 Aidan follows around bend

3-30 Aidan follows Tao woman

3-30 Aidan not another hill

3-30 Boys paddies cropped

3-30 Grave CU

3-30 Burning old crop

3-30 Cherry blossom CU

3-30 Cherry blossom trees

3-30 Cherry blossoms fence

3-30 Family terraced patties

3-30 Fields with horse

3-30 Flooded patty

3-30 Like pyramids

3-30 Men working paddies

3-30 Group terraced patties

3-30 Nathan eats ricecake snack

3-30 Neerav, Aidan hike

3-30 Aidan eats ricecake snack

3-30 Neerav, Mo & boys hike

3-30 Shellie helps Aidan

3-30 Starts to clear

3-30 Three graves

3-30 Terraced rice paddies

3-30 Guide Mo & boys terraced patties

3-30 Mo & boys

Tiantou: March 2008

3-30 Yao with logs

3-30 Yao village

3-30 CU Yao woman talking

3-30 Yao women proud of hair

3-30 Yao women long hair

3-30 Yao women hair

3-30 Yao women gather wood

3-30 Yao woman black weaving

3-30 Group village

3-30 Group Bridge

3-30 Yao women prepare rice for tea

3-30 Yao woman prepares rice for tea

3-30 Boys watch Yao women prepare food

3-30 Around fire

3-30 Yao girl warms herself

3-30 Aidan & Nathan try ricecakes & crispy rice tea

3-30 Grownups enjoy crispy rice tea

3-30 Girls play jacks

3-30 Boys and Yao families

Fuli: March 2008

3-31 Second grade, scarfs

3-31 Teacher at blackboard

3-31 Side classroom

3-31 Class in session WS

3-31 Nathan at desk

3-31 Laughing girls & Truman

3-31 McCall at desk

3-31 Girl red jacket practicing tones

3-31 Aidan asks Truman, what are they saying

3-31 Aidan smiling at desk

3-31 Girl pink jacket practices tones

3-31 Aidan, Truman, Erin listen to Mandarin lesson

3-31 Books, writing paper

3-31 Nathan passes out scarfs

3-31 Girl smiling, yellow scarf

3-31 Kids put on scarfs

3-31 Girl, boy model scarfs

3-31 Boys happy to receive

3-31 Aidan liking the attention

3-31 Second graders wave goodbye

3-31 Pigtailed girl plays flute

3-31 Girls play flutes

3-31 Boy flute ECU

3-31 Boys inspect flutes

3-31 Girl gray coat flute

3-31 Boy through bars

3-31 McCall runs

3-31 McCall takes turn

3-31 Shellie, Erin teach duck, duck, goose

3-31 Kids playing motorboat

3-31 Kids playing ring-around-the-rosie

3-31 More duck, duck goose

3-31 Aidan takes turn

3-31 Erin, Nathan & kids game

3-31 Schoolgirls greet

3-31 Two girls in pink

3-31 Girl pink sweater

3-31 Girl orange jacket

3-31 Girls jump rope

3-31 Girl jumps

3-31 Girls playing jump rope

3-31 Girls play with string

3-31 Aidan plays tag, big smile

3-31 No, you're it

3-31 More chasing

3-31 Boys chase Aidan

3-31 More tag

3-31 Aidan, you're it

3-31 Boys with schoolgirls

3-31 Boys lunch, give oranges

3-31 Boy noodle lunch

3-31 Boy noodle lunch, orange

3-31 Rusted red door

3-31 Life in Fuli

3-31 Truck

3-31 Door 1

3-31 Door 3

3-31 Door 2

3-31 Boys door

3-31 Fishing birds with fisherman

3-31 Board ferry to school

3-31 Boys back on ferry

Yangshuo: December 2010

3-31 Group bikes

3-31 Group bike thru town

3-31 Tandems

3-31 Neerav & Aidan tandem bike

3-31 Aidan hold on

3-31 Nathan bike

3-31 McCall bike

3-31 Family bikes

3-31 Hills, dam

3-31 Shellie & boys

3-31 Group hills

3-31 Shellie & Erin

3-31 Neerav & Michael

3-31 Boys river

3-31 Family rafts

3-31 Down dam

3-31 Aidan & Neerav coming in

3-31 Michael & Truman raft

3-31 Nathan on bamboo raft

3-31 Neerav & Aidan raft

3-31 Rafts downriver

3-31 Rafts on river

3-31 Rafts side by side

3-31 River reflections

3-31 Dragon River Retreat view

3-31 Riverside

3-31 English school, steps

3-31 Man play eru

3-31 Guide Mo

3-31 Boys ice cream

3-31 Michael & Aidan dinner

3-31 Michael & boys dinner

3-31 Group last dinner

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