This was part of the “old city” that was cleaned up and re-built for tourists to come shop at.

A photo of the Shanghai skyline from the Bund.

A tea house in the Shanghai “old city” area.

“The Lingering Gardens” in Suzhou was the home to buildings with the traditional Chinese architecture. The ponds were filled with fish and there was bamboo all around the gardens.

An incense burner in a Buddhist temple.

A Buddhist temple in Suzhou.

A pagoda at a Buddhist temple in Suzhou.

This building is where students used to take examinations back in Confucianism’s early days.

This a traditional bridge in Yangzhou.

This bridge is very famous in Yangzhou for its five golden points.

This is a small pagoda in a park in Yangzhou.

This is one of my favorite pictures. This was taken in Yangzhou in a park.

This was taken in Anhui Province in a small village. The mornings were beautiful with the low clouds and the rising sun.

Anhui Province

We rode the bamboo rafts on the right side of the photo.

We took a tour through a cave and this is what we saw when we came out on the other side.

Nanjing, China

This was a long hike up the mountain!

This statue was at the top of a mountain. So beautiful!!