A look back: A common sight in China — tour groups

I know I’m stating the obvious here, but you find tour groups just about everywhere you go in Beijing and … More

A look back: Trees in bloom in Xi’an in ’07

Trees were in bloom in early April in Xi’an when we visited China in 2007.

Here’s yet another post of wonderful architecture we found during our visit to China in 2007. I cannot recall (and … More

Here’s a look at an outdoor café in China – but note how the umbrellas give it that more cosmopolitan … More

Yes, you can see mundane jobs when you visit China. Here’s a shot I got of window washers at the … More

Here’s another view of one of the many great views of both history and architecture we saw while we were … More

After all the photos I’ve posted of architecture we encountered during our visit to China in 2007, it just never … More

Here’s a shot of some traffic at a roundabout in the city of Xi’an from our visit to China in … More

You can see the incense sticks at this shrine in Xi’an. We visited China in 2007 (the year before Beijing … More

I’ve photographed sparrows in the United States, but I’ve also photographed them in China. We visited Beijing and Xi’an in … More

When we visited China in 2007 we saw signs in English that were amusing because of grammatical mistakes but I’m … More

My digital archive could use some work since I cannot recall which stop during our visit to China in 2007 … More

Crowds were everywhere when the Barron Collier High School marching band visited China in 2007. I grabbed this shot at … More

Every American tourist probably tries to hit a McDonald’s in a visit to China to contrast the experience and we … More

In 2007 we visited China with the Barron Collier High School marching band. Throughout our visit in Beijing and Xi’an … More

Here’s a detail shot of, well, I cannot recall today, at the “Forest of Stone” museum in Xi’an during our … More

When we visited China in 2007, I grabbed this shot of a building at the “Forest of Stone” museum in … More

When you look back at photos, sometimes you cannot recall a detail. Such as why there were no flags flying … More

Here’s a shot of a tree-lined street in Xi’an when we visited China in 2007. I believe we were on … More

We went to both Beijing and Xi’an when we visited China in 2007. Here’s a shot of the entrance to … More

I took this closer shot of a terracotta warrior and horses at the Museum of Qin main excavation area at … More

Here’s a shot showing some terracotta warriors in partial restoration at the Museum of Qin main excavation area at Xi’an … More

I cannot recall if this is a shot of an archway at the Summer Palace in Beijing or at the … More

Just about any photo taken on the Great Wall has interesting details. You can see just off center that a … More