Friday, 7 December 2012

Picture round up: Our first month away in the United States and China

Communist China's censorship laws have made it very difficult to update this blog while we are away because the site is blocked completely.

As a result I've had to email the posts back to England to be uploaded there. It's been even harder to get images on.

So just over one month in to our four month trip, here is a pictures round up.

It takes in New York, Washington, Beijing, the Great Wall of China, Xi'an and the Terracotta Warriors and Shanghai.
 
Skyline: The view from the river in Shanghai as we took a boat ride
 
Freezing: On the water in Shanghai


Shanghai at night

Terracotta Warriors near Xi'an

Biew from the top of the hill at the Summer Palace in Beijing

A street market in Beijing in the evening after we had been to the Great Wall

Amazing: The view from our trip to the Great Wall of China

Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing which was built for the 2008 Olympic Games

Star attraction: A panda walks round its encloure at Beijing zoo. Although the pandas were amazing, we were horrified by the lack of space some of the animals were given to roam in

Polar bear at Beijing zoo

2012? Vegetables on sale in the street in Beijing

 
New York: The new Freedom Tower which is being built on the site of the former World Trade Center

 
'Why lie?': The cheekiest beggar in Times Square, New York

America decides: Outside the White House on election day

Poignant: Arlington Cemetery in Washington for US military personnel

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