Photos from China - Part 1

RB and the Dragons at The Ancient Temple in Foshan.

It was a fish feeding frenzy at Liang's Garden. The minute someone started dropping food into the pond the fish would come from all corners of the pond, following each in a line other to join the mele underneath the feeders hand. Amazing to see them climb over the top of each other and out of the water as they tried to get some food.

It's not just Hobbit houses that have round doors. This building was one of the few at Liang's Garden, Foshan.

I never got tired of temples or gods in China. Each place had something unique about it.


You'd best behave yourself at the beautiful Liang's Garden. Check the last sentence of the sign.

We had a pretty good view of the ancient 7 -storey Pagoda at the Renshou Temple, from our room in the Rotating Palace hotel in Foshan. The pagoda was built in 1656.

Quick! Where is my train carriage? Where is my seat?. We all rush onto the train at GZ station.

This is the crush at the gate as everyone tried to rush to get onto our train to Foshan. Waiting on the platform just doesn't happen in China. They keep you in a waiting room until the last minute then you must rush through the station and out to your platform with a few ticket checks along the way.


I dig those red laterns in the gardens at Yuexiu Park. So pretty!

RB has a rest as we explore a park.

Neon lights (and boat) on the Pearl River, GZ.


This was a familiar site around town. It took a bit of getting used to being served a roasted animal with his head perched upon the plate!


Rb tries to cop a feel of the sculpture outside the Guangdong Museum of Art.

This was a regular occurrence in Guangzhou, poor visibility due to high humidity and smog. It was pretty bad this day as you can see. This is me walking back to our hotel from the Guangdong Museum of Art on the other side of the river.

Two monkeys ride on a bicycle at the Guangzhou Zoo's animal performance area. Note the stick for whacking the monkeys if they don't perform their trick.

Baby bear plays with his chain.


We watched these bears in amazement as people dangled food over their enclosure, enticing them to beg for it.

While we tried to take this photo some crazy Chinese people were throwing rocks at the elephant!


Let's all pat the animals in the Guangzhou Zoo ;)

There's nothing like a communist poster to make you feel good about life. The ones I saw in Vietnam were never like this though, showing you can aspire to a future living in a cool apartment!

This group of apartments (above) was my favourite in the area. It reminded me of France with those tops on the buildings.

This is the view I'd see each night from my apartment in the hotel in Guangzhou. They love some neon lights in China, and they love to sell some of those apartments in the new buildings that were rapidly springing up near our hotel.