China Spring-Summer 2004

China Spring-Summer 2004

After crossing the Mekong River in ChiangKorn,
Thailand I took a bus at Huay Xay(Laos) to Yunnan(China).
This is the condition of the road.







St Sofia Orthodox Church, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province







Tianchi(The Heavenly Lake)
Changbaishan, Jilin Province
At 2150m above sea level, the Heavenly Lake is
the deepest alpine lake in China. Changbaishan
means "eternally white mountains" in Mandarin. This
mountain range also serves as the border of Chine and North Korea.







Tianchi(The Heavenly Lake), still frozen in early Summer
The best time to come here is July at which time one can see
lush vegetation and pollution-free blue water.







Another view of Changbaishan









The Heavenly Lake







The old palace of the Manchus in Shenyang, Liaoning Province
before they conquered the whole of China and established the
Qing dynasty.









At the Labour Park ("Laodong Gongyuan")
Dalian, Liaoning Province





Part of the railway station of Qingdao, Shangdong Province
Qingdao has strong German influence. This elegant Gothic building
is however overshadowed by another building sheathed in glass.









The Waterfront of Qingdao





Laoshan("Lao Hill"), Qingdao.
This place is a "must see" for anyone who visits Qingdao.
It gains its fame from a well-known Qing Dynasty writer Pu Songling.







The Confucius Temple("Kongmiao") in Qufu, Shandong Province.