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2019 China – Chongqing to 3 Gorges Dam on the Yangtze

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Chad Anderson
Chongqing, a megacity in the middle of China.
Chongqing has a monorail system. This one has a stop INSIDE this apartment building.
Chinese secret: this scaffolding looks like bamboo. We've seen "bamboo" scaffolding all over China spanning 30+ stories in the air.
Our ship for our 3 day cruise down the Yangtze.
We walked the plank all the way from shore to ship, all the while, the mighty Yangtze swiftly flowed beneath our feet.
Everyone has a job.
Chongqing, the most populous municipality in China with over 30 million people.
Mega bridges span the Yangtze
Waking up on the misty Yangtze.
Ghostly mist and an eerie quietness marks the morning as we sail down the Yangtze towards the 3 gorges.
Huge construction projects pop up all along the river.
Gateway to the Shibaozhai pagoda. The bridge is a bouncy suspension bridge.
The drunken bridge spans a field below that is usually covered in 30 feet of water.
The Shibaozhai pagoda is a 9 story wooden structure built in the early 19th century.
The line showing where the water level would be after the 3 Gorges dam is built. This site is protected from the waters by a giant wall.
Top of the Shibaozhai Pagoda.
The Shibaozhai pagoda was saved from the rising gorge waters by a huge wall that was built around the entire site.
Cities light up the riverbanks at night.
Ingenious walkways that can move up and down the bluff as the waters rise and fall.
The entrance to the first of the three gorges: Wu Gorge.
Caves along the river that are now below the waterline held the famous hanging coffin burials.
The distinct waterline anchors the craggy peaks and towering cliffs all through the 3 Gorges area of the Yangtze.
Motoring up a Yangtze tributary defined by steep cliffs above.
Thousands of villages along the river were relocated hundreds of feet uphill. Millions of people were displaced by the rising waters from the dam.
Another bridge spanning the Yangtze.
Sunrise on the 3 Gorges Dam. The main resivoir is suprisingly small. BUT the waterlevel of the river in the gorge has risen over 360 ft spanning 410 miles.
The dam displaced millions of people, and destroyed countless villages, cities, and archaeological sites.
The ship elevator can raise smaller ships (up to 3,000 tons) to the top in about 40 minutes. The locks take 4 hours. The dam has created a major shipping pathway between the coast and China's MEGA production factories hundreds of miles inland.
The dam provides hydroelectric power and flood control of the mighty Yangtze.
The dam is 7,661 ft long and the top is 607ft above sea level. The dam created a resevoir that is 244 square miles.

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2019 China – Chengdu

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Chad Anderson
Building everyewhere. Too many cranes and high-rise apts to count.
Leshan
Leshan.
Leshan Buddha. 233 feet tall. Started in 713 ce. Completed in 803 ce.
Leshan Buddha staircase cut into the cliff.
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Leshan Buddha carving into the cliff.
Leshan Buddha, 71 meters tall. The tallest pre-modern scultpure in the world.
Shoulders are 84 feet wide.
Leshan building.
Leshan rider.
Even the coconuts smoke.
There was something about this lantern lit alley.
Jinli street at night.
Jinli street lanterns.
Second floor open stage for mini shows on Jinli street.
Jinli street.
Rabbit heads! Not much meat on them so it's all about the sauce and the small, creamy brain, so they say.
Jinli street.
More nitrogen frozen food!
Lazy dayz and the Chengdu Panda Research Center.
This looks comfortable. Chengdu panda research center.
An picure of a woman taking a picure, or is she spying on me? LOL
Everyone loves taking pictures of the pandas.
Momma and cubs.
This curious panda cub climbed the post to get a better look...at us! "Look Ma! White people!"
Everyone has a job.
Majong in the park. Illegal gambling-Chinese style.
Jinli street lanterns glow in the sunlight.
A slight resemblance.

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2019 China – Xi’an

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Chad Anderson
Xi'an arrival.
Xi'an fashions. Everybody's wearing them! The air quality that day was beyond awful.
Dust, dirt and smog filled the air in Xi'an.
How the rest of Xi'an lives.
Small Wild Goose Pagoda
The Morning Bell Chime. Small Wild Goose Pagoda Gardens Giant
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Small Wild Goose Pagoda Gardens
Everything smells great in Xi'an.
Grave marker...I think.
Small Wild Goose Pagoda Gardens. Once again, everything is perfect.
Path to enlightenment.
Move over Mold-a-Rama. 3D Printing vending machine. Print out your very own Small Goose Pagoda keepsake!
Exactly what it says.
Bird's Nest.
Social Change through Fashion
Lobster Balls
Street Food
Street food in Xi'an. Dunno what it is but it was yummy!
Had to get some cookies.
Shopping in Xi'an.
Xi'an bell tower.
Xi'an underpass
Muslim Market
It's not cake.
No Engrish.
Squid on a stick
Muslim Market.
Selfie Obsession
Muslim Market.
Xi'an drum tower.
Xi'an bell tower.
Jessica, such a trickster!
Emperor Qin's Terracotta Army. 210 BC, 8,000+ soldiers, horses, chariots, cavalry in 3 huge covered pits.
Discovered in 1974 by a farmer they've mostly been untouched for more than 2,000 years.
About 16ft of dirt accumulated overtop the tombed warriors.
They seem to come alive the longer you stare at them.
You can really see they are all unique.
Tallest of the warriors.
Best desk job ever.
Terracotta Hospital.
The lab.
They were created and buried with Qin to help him in the afterlife.
Their heads were separate.
Terracotta warriors pit 2. It was very dark in this enclosure, but my camera works miracles.
Continuous research for the last 40 years.
Many were toppled and broken. Was the tomb looted? Some scholars think so.
Tang dynasty art at the Shaanxi Provincial Museum
Camel art is all over Xi'an because of the Silk Road.
Qin dynasty gold bowl detail.
Bullet Train to Chengdu
Grotto buddhas. It's blurry....but we were going 155mph on the bullet train to Chengdu.

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2019 China – Beijing

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Chad Anderson
The Great Wall
Temple on The Great Wall
The Great Wall.
The Great Wall
Juyongguan pass.
Great Wall
Summer Palace
Qing Dynasty Marble Boat
Summer Palace Covered Walkway.
Summer Palace
Summer palace lion
Summer palace gate
Summer palace dragon
Panda Kites
Beijing building in the shape of an olympic torch.
Birdsnest and Beijing traffic
Olympic Architecture
Monmument to the People's Heros
National Musuem
Gate of Heavenly Peace
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Meridian Gate
Looking towards the Gate of Supreme Harmony
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Hall of Supreme Harmony
Dragon water spouts
Palace Detail
Emperor's Throne
Dragon staircase
Imperial Garden
Jingshan Hill
Temple of Heaven
Modern Beijing
Leaving Beijing

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Essence of Guatemala -2018

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Chad

These images represent the essence of Guatemala.

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Copan
Copan
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Wooden toys
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