Modern Architechture, Nanjing Road, Shanghai |
Modern Architechture, Nanjing Road, Shanghai |
Nanjing Road, Shanghai |
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai, as seen on our first day in China |
Shanghai |
10th Century Buddha sculptures at Linyin Si, Hangzhou |
The Qiantang Tidal Bore |
The Qiantang Tidal Bore |
The Six Harmonies Pagoda, Hangzhou, built in 970 to placate the tidal bore |
Moon Gate and unconvincing stone lions, Six Harmonies Pagoda, Hangzhou |
A quiet corner of West Lake, Hangzhou |
Leifeng Pagoda and West Lake, Hangzhou |
View across West Lake towards Hangzhou city centre |
The eclipse site, Chengshangou |
Dragonfly at the eclipse site |
2009 Eclipse - Partial phase of the eclipse, seen through cloud |
2009 Eclipse - Bailey's Beads at Second Contact |
2009 Eclipse - the Sun's Chromosphere at Third Contact, the end of the totality |
2009 Eclipse - the Sun's Corona during Totality, through thin cloud |
Boats on the canal below Tiger Hill, Suzhou |
Lotus flowers, the Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou |
View through an ornate window at The Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou |
The Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou |
The Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou |
Building abstract, Suzhou |
A worker at the No1 Silk Factory, Suzhou |
Bee on a Lotus Flower, Li Garden, Wuxi |
Huge ferris wheel at Li Park, Wuxi, photographed from on Taihu Lake |
These cicadas provided the soundtrack of our visit ! |
The World Financial Centre (left) and Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai |
Contrasting styles: tops of the Jin Mao Tower (left) and World Financial Centre, Shanghai |
View down Century Avenue from the Shanghai World Financial Centre |
The View from the 100th Floor, World Financial Centre |
Looking up from the bottom of the World Financial Centre, Shanghai |
Evening view of the Jin Mao Tower (1381 ft, left) and World Financial Centre (1614 ft), Shanghai |
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower (1535 ft, background), Shanghai |
Shanghai skyline at dusk |
Shanghai by night from the Huangpu River |
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower at night from the Huangpu River |