| | Pam the owner of Original Quilts traveled to China in May of 1998. She visited
Shanghai, Guilin, Chengdu, Leshan, Xian, and Beijing. Here are some photos and
memories from the trip. Be patient, this page takes some time to load because of
the photos.

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In Shanghai, on our first day of travel, we were able to go
into a school for children. This school is for after school activities.
Each room had a different activity. The top photo shows children singing,
and the bottom photo shows a girl learning her Chinese letters. Other
rooms had children dancing, playing musical instruments, and also acting
class. |

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On our second day of travel, we took a bus to Guilin. Here
is a typical picture of the countryside, rice fields with the mountainous terrain
in the background. |

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In Guilin we boarded a boat on the Li River and cruised
about 50 miles (5 hours) to Yangshuo. The cruise offered mysterious peaks,
green hills, and crystal clear waters. |

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Next, we traveled to Chengdu. In most countries that I
travel to, I like to see how people purchase their groceries. Our guide
took us to an open air market where they purchase their food. The photo
above shows snakes in a bin, and the bottom picture shows a meat market.
We also saw live chickens and water buffalo stomach. Chengdu is in the Szechwan
area, where we tried "hot pot". It's a large pot of spicy soup,
and we ordered meat to put in the pot to cook at the table, then ate. We
ordered Bull Frog, Water Buffalo Stomach, and some other very interesting
items on the menu. I enjoyed it all! |

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Chengdu is also well known for their Panda Research Center.
We visited the center and saw this panda eating. The photos are hard to
take through the thick (dirty) glass. We also saw red pandas. |

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We traveled by bus through the countryside that is known as
the Heart of China to the small city of Leshan, the home of the largest
carved Buddha in the World. I took this photo from a boat out in the
river. You can see the size when you look at the visitors viewing the
Buddha from his feet. He's big! |

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On our bus ride back to Chengdu, we stopped at the side of
the road to see the rice fields. This woman had just come up from working
in the rice fields. Our interpreter helped us communicate with her, she
was in her 90's and still working hard in the fields. I can only dream of
being that healthy! |

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Yellow Creek Village is a classified as a National treasure
by the Chinese government. The buildings are not allowed to be changed as
this village is an example of a typical Chinese village 150 years ago.
Movies are sometimes made here. |

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Next, we flew to Xian. This picture is taken from the top of
the wall in Xian down on the city streets. |

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Xian is known for their terra cotta soldiers. Imagine large
rooms the size of football fields filled with life size terra cotta
figures. Some excavating was happening when we were there. It's mind
boggling! |

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We traveled to Beijing. This photo was taken at the
Forbidden City. It's a highlight of central Beijing with over 10,000 rooms
and several museums and fabulous buildings. The Forbidden City is also the
site of the movie The Last Emperor. |

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This picture is taken from the center of the famous
Tiananmen Square, the largest Square in the world. |

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This is a photo taken in Tiananmen Square of our host and
interpreter Wang Jie, and myself. |

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This photo was also taken in Tiananmen Square. These woman
all wanted my photo taken with them individually. Our interpreter said
they had never seen a blonde woman -- (I'm blonde), so I was quite popular
with lots of people staring at me. After all those pictures, I had to get
a group shot of them! |

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The Great Wall of China is great indeed! It is well worth
the hike up a hill to the tram. Once up there, you'll never forget the
feeling. |

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Here's another picture of the wall. It's breathtaking! Don't
miss it! |

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We visited a cloisonné factory. Here they are painting on
the beautiful color onto the bowl. |
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