Piczo

Log in!
Stay Signed In
Do you want to access your site more quickly on this computer? Check this box, and your username and password will be remembered for two weeks. Click logout to turn this off.

Stay Safe
Do not check this box if you are using a public computer. You don't want anyone seeing your personal info or messing with your site.
Ok, I got it
Back To Home Page
China Trip, 2007. This page is being updated. Check back to see more pictures as they are added. Captions to follow.
Our first morning in Beijing; we found a group to practice Tai Chi with.
Bei Hai Park, Beijing.
Relaxing in our hotel lounge at the end of a day.
Lotus plants.
Keith, Dave, Sandy, Florence, Roger, Pauline, Wai-Kam and Bil.
The Golden Pagoda Temple.
Has anyone seen any bamboo around here?
Steve pouring beer, Johnson standing, Doug, Duncan and Pauline at the table.
Every meal was a huge feast!!
More feasting.
The food never stops coming!
Early morning in KunMing. The sun coming up as we practice Tai Chi with some local people.
Practicing with a Tai Chi teacher in Kun Ming.
Page: Latest China Trip
"Baby Elephant Rock" in the Stone Forest.
The Stone Forest
The Three Pagodas in Da Li. Earthquakes have caused one to tilt quite a bit.
CoCo, or guide in Da Li.
A woman washing vegetables for market on a street in Da Li.
Walking through Da Li Old Town.
Our Hotel in Da Li.
Wai-Kam, Ivy (our guide) and Florence at Black Dragon Pond in Lijiang.
Mary and Bil practicing Tai Chi in a court yard in our Da Li hotel.
Scenes from an outdoor performance in Lijiang showing some ethnic minorities in that part of China. There were more than 500 performers, as well as hundreds of horses!
Some performers "back stage" at an outdoor performance in Lijiang.
Picking up some snacks early morning in Lijiang.
Fish doesn't come any fresher than this.
Chefs taking a break before things get busy in Lijiang Old Town.
Some people just don't know how to have fun. (Some do.)Wai-Kam and Pauline kick up their heels in Black Dragon Pond.
Time out for some tea.
Dave and Doug in Lijiang.
Elderly lady in the Stone Village.
The guys in our group took part in a "wedding ceremony" in the Miao Village.
Dave sharing a wedding toast with his new "bride".
One of our "brides" showing clothing.
Yes, this guy is standing on broken glass, bare feet. He stomped on the glass and jumped up and down -- no cuts!!
Fire-eating in the Miao Village.
Five of the "grooms" after our wedding. (What ARE they smiling about?)
Doug dancing with his bride.
Roger tried to corrupt the locals with cigarettes.
Guiyang: the old and the new.
Very cute monkeys we came across on the way to a temple in Guiyang.
Ghostbusters?
Lunch time for someone in the Stone Village.
A Miao girl.
Steve having a snack: barbecued corn.
Entrance to the Dragon Cave.
Wai-Kam offering incense at a temple in Guiyang.
Dried corn hanging outside a residence in the Stone Village.
Homes in the Stone Village -- a 600 year old village which has scarecely changed in all that time.
Wai-Kam offering incense in the Stone Village.
Shops in the Stone Village.
Tea is offered to visitors in the Stone Village.
Shao-Shao, our local guide.