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Anning


            Rose spring pool
   Rose spring pool
      
   Milk spring pool
   Milk spring pool
      
   Hot stuff!
   Hot stuff!
      
   Anning temple
   Anning temple
      
   our private hot tub
   our private hot tub
      
   Chillin the champagne
   Chillin the champagne
      
   Our private hotel room spring spa

Kunming


            Golden Palace
   Golden Palace
      
   Golden Palace
   Golden Palace
      
   Golden Palace
   Golden Palace
      
   Golden Palace
   Golden Palace
      
   Golden Palace
   Golden Palace
      
   The Birds!
   Dianchi Lake
      
   Minority dancers in restaurant
   Minority dancers in restaurant
      
   Kunming view from Golden Dragon Park
   Kunming view from Golden Dragon Park
      
   Golden Palace
   Golden Palace
      
   Bamboo Temple
   Bamboo Temple
      
   Bamboo Temple
   Bamboo Temple
      
   Duaguan Park
   Duaguan Park
      
   Duaguan Park musicians
   Duaguan Park musicians


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Guilin


            Minority girl
   Minority girl
      
   Tourist
   Tourist
      
   Fishing Birds
   Fisherman
      
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   Waterfall Hotel
   Waterfall Hotel
      
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Laos


            Swimming hole outside city
   Swimming hole outside city
      
   Good swimming
   
      
   Lao house
   Lao house
      
   Ancient Lao house
   Ancient Lao house
      
   Pottery Village Monk
   Pottery Village Monk
      
   Boat repairs on the Mekong
   Boat repairs on the Mekong
      
   China/Laos border
   China/Laos border
      
   The real Deal... Beer Lao!
   The real Deal... Beer Lao!
      
   Laos weaver
   Laos weaver
      
   Another Laos village
   Another Laos village
      
   Laos village
   Laos village
      
   Pottery maker
   Pottery maker
      
   Making paper
   Making paper
      
   Laos immigration
   Laos immigration
      
   Somewhere in Laos
   Somewhere in Laos
      
   Luang Prabang temple
   Luang Prabang temple
      
   Snake Whiskey of Luang Prabang
   Snake Whiskey of Luang Prabang
      
   Morning monks
   Morning monks
      
   Mekong River
   Mekong River
      
   Luang Prabang

Lou Ping


            Me makin the pics
   Me makin the pics
      
   Minority hottie (actually my wife!)
   Minority hottie (actually my wife!)
      
   Rapeseed fields
   Rapeseed fields
      
   Lou Ping
   Lou Ping
      
   Sheldon & me at 9 Dragon Falls
   Sheldon & me at 9 Dragon Falls
      
   Local minority lady
   Local minority lady
      
   Feng Shui mountain
   Feng Shui mountain
      
   Chu Xian
   Chu Xian
      
   Chu Xian 
   
      
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   lou-ping

Sanya


            Sanya Street restaurant 3
   
      
   Sanya Street restaurant 2
   
      
   Sanya panorama
   
      
   ROng boat 2
   
      
   Celebrating Sanya
   Celebrating Sanya
      
   Chinese beach attire
   Chinese beach attire
      
   Catus resort pool
   Catus resort pool
      
   Catus Resort
   Catus Resort

Shanghai


            The Bund
   The Bund
      
   Shizhou
   Shizhou
      
   Shanghai tower
   Shanghai tower
      
   Nanning street
   Nanning street
      
   Pudong night
   Pudong night
      
   From the Jin Mao tower
   From the Jin Mao tower
      
   Hangzhou
   Hangzhou
      
   Shizhou construction
   Shizhou construction
      
   Jinmao Tower
   Jinmao Tower
      
   Bai Jiao in Shizhou
   Bai Jiao in Shizhou
      
   oriental-pearl
   oriental-pearl
      
   new-pudong
   new-pudong
      
   WTC and Jin Mao towers
   WTC and Jin Mao tower
      
   new-pudong
   new-pudong
      
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   maggie
      
   Shanghai acrobats
   Shanghai acrobats
      
   Shanghai acrobat
   Shanghai acrobat
      
   Shanghai acrobat
   Shanghai acrobat
      
   Looking down on the Jin Mao tower
   Looking down on the Jin Mao tower
      
   WTC completed and Jin Mao 
   WTC completed and Jin Mao 
      
   Skyline from the WTC tower
   Skyline from the WTC tower

Thailand


            Dinner Boat
   Dinner Boat
      
   Famous scorpion lady
   Famous scorpion lady
      
   Samui vista
   Samui vista
      
   Koh Samui Island
   Koh Samui
      
   Chewang Beach
   Chewang Beach
      
   Grand Palace
   Grand Palace
      
   Temple Dog
   Temple Dog
      
   Roof Bar Banyan Tree
   Roof Bar Banyan Tree
      
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   Grandfather Rock
   Grandfather Rock

Yan Yang


            Buying Dumplings
   Buying Dumplings
      
   Terra 8 sunrise
   
      
   Terra 7 farmer
   
      
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   yan-yang Sunrise
   Sunrise

Tenchong, Dali, Lijiang


            Naxi man
   Naxi man
      
   Naxi girl
   Naxi girl
      
   Naxi dog
   Naxi dog
      
   Naxi boy
   Naxi boy
      
   Lijiang market
   Lijiang market
      
   lijiang eat
   
      
   Me Lijiang
   Me Lijiang
      
   Commander Li
   Commander Li
      
   Naxitemple
   Naxitemple
      
   Heshan
   Heshan
      
   Mu mansion
   Mu mansion
      
   Naxi weaver
   Naxi weaver
      
   Dali Pagoda
   Dali Pagoda
      
   Tenchong
   Tenchong
      
   Old Lijiang
   OldLijiang

Beijing


            Forbidden City Wall
   Forbidden City Wall
      
   Forbidden City
   Forbidden City
      
   Great Wall Badaline
   Great Wall Badaline
      
   Heavenly Temple inside
   Heavenly Temple inside
      
   Heavenly Temple
   Heavenly Temple
      
   Houtong bar
   Houtong bar
      
   Houtong lunch
   Houtong lunch
      
   Houtong
   Houtong
      
   Mig
   Mig
      
   P51
   P51
      
   Forbidden City S Gate
   Forbidden City S Gate
      
   Forbidden City Clock
   Forbidden City Clock
      
   Beijing Bldg
   Beijing Bldg
      
   Gary Powers U2
   U2 Spy

Misc


            Kunming\'s Western Hills
   Kunming Western Hills
      
   Forbidden City Door
   Forbidden City Door
      
   Actually , Samui Thailand
   Actually , Samui Thailand
      
   kite flying
   
      
   Busy Kunming player
   Busy Kunming player
      
   My Chinese teacher
   My Chinese teacher
      
   my license

Stone Forest


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   Sani girl with the legend of the Sani girl rock behind her.
      
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   Rose
      
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   Me
      
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   Step carefully, it\'s a long way to the bottom!
      
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   Underground river running through the forest.
      
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   Sani minority girl
      
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   Top view of the stone forest

Phuket


            Kamala Phuket
   Kamala Phuket
      
   islands
   
      
   island
   
      
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   Our boat crew
   Our boat crew
      
   Absolute Sea Pearl Resort
   Absolute Sea Pearl Resort
      
   Girl\'s tattoo from Buddhist monk 
   Girl\'s tattoo from Buddhist monk 
      
   Phuket fresh seafood
   Phuket fresh seafood
      
   Patong Beach
   Patong Beach
      
   Absolute Villa Resort
   Absolute Villa Resort
      
   cruising
   
      
   Phuket overlook
   
      
   Absolute tsunami damage
   Absolute tsunami damage
      
   Absolute lobby back to normal
   Absolute lobby back to normal

Europe


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   Absinthe I bought in Paris
      
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   Mia ready to do as the locals do in Vienna
      
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   Beautiful shopping in Vienna
      
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   Best schnitzel in Europe!
      
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   \"THE\" famous chocolate cake! 
      
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   Mia and family enjoying drinking Vienna wine 
      
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   Very cheap hot dog in Vienna. Only $9.00
      
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   Liqueur store in Hannover
      
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   Hannover
      
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   Breman
      
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   Ball sack coffee...I\'ll pass
      
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   Jim Morrison\'s grave in Paris
      
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   Louvre in Paris
      
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   Chateau of Versailles Paris
      
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   Sacre Cour Paris
      
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   Paris
      
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   Notre Dame Paris
      
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   Paris
      
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   Paris
      
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   Paris

Suzhou


            Suzhou waterway
   Suzhou waterway
      
   Handmade silk shoes
   Handmade silk shoes
      
   Suzhou pagoda
   Suzhou pagoda
      
   Suzhou garden
   Suzhou garden
      
   leaning doorway
   leaning doorway
      
   Leaning tower of China
   Leaning tower of China
      
   Suzhou Hutong 
   Suzhou Hutong 
      
   Suzhou waterway
   Suzhou waterway
      
   Fisherman
   Fisherman
      
   Tiger Hill waterway
   Tiger Hill waterway

Kunming wood factory


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   Building my table
      
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   Delivering my table to the top floor!
      
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   Rare ironwood chair weighs about 30 lbs
      
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   Silver inlaid Chinese text
      
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   Root sculpture about 4\' tall
      
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   Root sculpture detail
      
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   Orchid flowers carved from 1 piece of wood!
      
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   Orchid detail
      
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   Wood fish basket
      
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   Fish basket detail
      
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   Lucky for riches 18\" X 24\"
      
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   Lucky riches detail
      
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   Exotic wood from Burma
      
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   Tools of the trade
      
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   Standing Buddha
      
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   Building tables
      
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   Desk almost complete
      
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   Standing Buddha detail
      
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   Wood Carver
      
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   My table base of solid Cyprus
      
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   My table of 1 piece of solid walnut

Huquan Resort


            Mile sunrise
   Mile sunrise
      
   Building B room 302
   Building B room 302
      
   Sunrise from our balcony as the moon sets
   Sunrise from our balcony as the moon sets
      
   Building BHotel entrance
   Building BHotel entrance
      
   The hotel is surrounded by water
   The hotel is surrounded by water
      
   Build B
   Build B
      
   Hotel\'s hot spring pools
   Hotel\'s hot spring pools
      
   beach151
   
      
   hotel-tree
   
      
   A building rooms
   A building rooms
      
   Helen with mom and dad
   Helen with mom and dad
      
   Mile local restaurant
   Mile local restaurant
      
   Building A Room 316
   Building A Room 316
      
   aging barrels of Yunnan Wine
   aging barrels of Yunnan Wine
      
   Miss Jou tourguide for Yunnan winery
   Miss Jou tourguide for Yunnan winery
      
   Yunnan Red Wine church
   Yunnan Red Wine church
      
   Yunnan Red Wine ready for aging
   Yunnan Red Wine ready for aging

Xiamen


            Round Tulong
   
      
   Round Tulong
   
      
   Round Tulong
   
      
   Round Tulong
   
      
   Inside Tulong
   
      
   Mia in the Tulong village
   
      
   Round Tulong
   
      
   Looking to Gulangyu Island from Xiamen
   Looking to Gulangyu Island from Xiamen
      
   Xiamen from Gulangyu Island
   Xiamen from Gulangyu Island
      
   Gulangyu Island beach
   Gulangyu Island beach
      
   Downtown
   
      
   Lake park in city center
   Lake park in city center

Xi’an


            Xi\'an Drum Tower
   Xi\'an Drum Tower
      
   Xi\'an Bell Tower
   Xi\'an Bell Tower
      
   Terracotta Army
   
      
   Terracotta Army
   
      
   Terracotta Army
   
      
   Terracotta Army
   
      
   Terracotta Army
   
      
   Terracotta Army
   The soldiers were all painted when uncovered, but the colors were quickly when exposed to air and light. 
      
   Xi\'an amazing dumplings
   Xi\'an amazing dumplings
      
   More dumplings
   Xi\'an amazing dumplings
      
   Xi\'an city wall
   Xi\'an city wall

Real Estate


            Developemnt
   
      
   Artist concept
   
      
   clubhouse area
   
      
   townhouse model
   
      
   entrance gate
   
      
   villa almost complete
   
      
   garden construction
   
      
   showing about 1/3 of site
   
      
   construction

Weishan


            Still on the road and older then me!
   
      
   No crowds here!
   
      
   Quiet and intimate
   
      
   made the same way for 1000 years
   
      
   Pharmacy
   
      
   Chong Hui Tai Chi master/artist/musician
   
      
   Dinner in Dali
   
      
   Dali Old town gate
   
      
   Temple mountain map
   
      
   Gouzen in the foreground

Wuyishan


            Shangri La Shenzhen
   Shangri La Shenzhen
      
   He Ping street
   He Ping street
      
   He Ping carts
   He Ping carts
      
   He Ping street center for 1 wheel carts
   He Ping street center for 1 wheel carts
      
   He Ping University- oldest in China
   He Ping University- oldest in China
      
   He Ping typical stonework
   He Ping typical stonework
      
   He Ping tofu factory
   He Ping tofu factory
      
   He Ping house
   He Ping house
      
   He Ping center for family disputes
   He Ping center for family disputes
      
   He Ping east gate
   He Ping east gate
      
   He Ping residents
   He Ping residents
      
   He Ping inside house
   He Ping inside house
      
   famous special dumplings
   famous special dumplings
      
   Wuyishan resort hotel
   Wuyishan resort hotel
      
   Shangri La room view
   Shangri La room view
      
   My friend General Li on national TV
   My friend General Li on national TV
      
   Chinchilla in Guanzhou
   Chinchilla in Guanzhou