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The following are audio clips of events from our tour to China.
Click on the button to hear the *.m4a files. They can be
played with
Quicktime. All of the audio
files are < 2 minutes ~ 1MB.
Beijing - Temple of Heaven, Men's and Women's
Choir.
Beijing - Temple of Heaven, String and Wind
Instruments.
Beijing - Temple of Heaven, Hall of Prayer for
a Good Harvest.
Suzhou - Lingering Garden, Vocal and String.
Suzhou - Lingering Garden, String music only.
Xi'an - Big Goose, Da Yan Pagoda, Monastery Music.
Xi'an - Dinner Theater Performance Music.
Xi'an - Dinner Theater Live Music 2, Strings
Drums and Horn.
Xi'an - Dinner Theater Live Music 3, Strings
Drums and Horn.
Xi'an - Evening Street Drums Along the Ancient
City Wall.
China 2009: The following tour gallery is organized by date
and location. Since there are ~500 thumbnail images below, it
may take a few moments to load. Click on an image for a higher
resolution view. Each image is 3008 x 2000 pixels ~2.5MB.
July 15: Flight from San Francisco to Beijing:
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On the way to Beijing from San Francisco on the Great Circle rout over Siberia. |
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View looking north over Sibera. Wow, there is still snow in mid July! |
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View looking west on the decent into Beijing. The mountains are to the north (right) and Beijing is on the plain to the left. |
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July 16: Beijing - Streets of the Hutong
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Welcome to the Hutong District. |
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Contrast of "new" powerlines and the ancient Bell Tower. |
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This sure was a fun way to see the Hutong. |
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July 16: Beijing - Summer Palace
July 16: Beijing - Olympic Village
July 17: Beijing - Changling Ming Tomb
July 17: Lunch at the Jade Works
July 17: The Great Wall at Juyongguan
July 18: Beijing - Tiananmen Square
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Ancient Beijing City Wall. |
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"Stick to me like sticky rice"! |
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July 18: Beijing - Forbidden City
July 18: Beijing - Chinese Ancient Observatory
July 18: Beijing - Temple of Heaven
July 19: Travel from Beijing to Shanghai and the 431 km/h Magnetic
Levitation Train
July 19: Shanghai - Oriental Pearl Tower
July 19: Shanghai - Bund - Night Cruse on Hungpu River
July 20: Suzhou - Ancient Grand Canal Cruse
July 20: Suzhou - No. 1 Silk Factory
July 20: Suzhou - Lingering Garden
July 21: Shanghai - Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
July 21: Museum of Art History
July 21: Shanghai - Taxi Ride from Yu Garden - bizarre street
shopping
July 22: Eclipse Day
Back to the China 2009 page.
July 23: Travel from Shanghai to Xi'an
July 24: Xi'an - Ancient City Wall
July 24: Xi'an - Big Goose Da Yan Pagoda
July 24: Xi'an - Terracotta Worriers
July: Really good food from the tour
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Night street 10 second exposure art! |
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Chinese flies look just like flies in the USA! |
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