March of 2005
This page has assorted pictures of China.
There are other links at the bottom of this page.
How do you get to the airport, you ask? Take the MagLev, of course. With a connection to Shanghai's Metro, it's a breeze to get to the airport.
How fast does it really go? This is a picture of the train's speedometer. It shows the train moving at 410 Km/hour but it was still accelerating at the time. Our train got up to 431 Km/hour or about 268 miles/hour !!! It took 3 minutes to get up to speed, it cruised right at 431 Km/hour for 3 minutes and then it took 3 minutes to stop.
The ticket cost $5 and was worth every penny!!
This is a typical picture of city traffic taken from our hotel room at the Zhong Ya Hotel. Somehow, everyone manages to get where they are going without crashing into each other every minute! This intersection has 2 officers on each corner trying to keep the pedestrians from crossing on the red light. Even with the officers, a few people still managed to walk into the intersection during the red light!!
China has many modern department stores. This one is in Guangzhou.
It is pretty impressive aside from being 9 stories!
And the prices are a small fraction of what they would be in the USA.
Guangzhou is a city in southern China.
There is no shortage of modern high rise buildings there.
I would have to post a few dozen of them to give you an idea of how modern and unique many of them are!
Some of my friends from Candle For Love will recognize this cafe (or at least the name).
On a related note, if you are thinking about importing a lovely little lady from China, please visit their website for some extremely helpful information about the visa process. Getting my Amy here without their help would of been somewhere between a lot more difficult and an agonizing nightmare!!
Thanks, CFL!
Don't like big shopping centers? Here's a place where you can do a little outdoor shopping.
This is Beijing Road in Guangzhou and yes, there are always this many people!!
Guangzhou also has a modern Metro to get around.
It was clean, fast and trains ran every 5 minutes.
Shamian Island in Guangzhou was once reserved for foreigners.
There are many European style buildings there.
There are several statues made of iron like this one on Shamian Island.
They all depict the life style of "westerners".
This statue is a classic East meets West. This one includes a ship that was typical of the ones they traveled in at the time.
News Years holiday is very big in China. Here are some decorations left over from 2005.
Here are links to my other China pages.
To see pictures of Shanghai, click Shanghai
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