china

Here is the better known panda - the Giant Panda enjoying a breakfast of bamboo

The Giant Panda gets all the press and publicity, and the poor Red Panda is rarely mentioned. It is much smaller than its better known cousin - it is about the size of a fox.

Not quite up there with the Great Wall of China. Here is the red walls of the Wuhou Temple in Chengdu, China

In far western China is a city called Leshan. And in Leshan there is a giant Buddha statue. By giant, I mean 233 feet (71 meters) tall carved status that was constructed/built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang Dynasty). It is at the confluence of the Minjiang River and Dadu River. You can...

Heading off for the day's fishing in a sampan. "Sampan" comes from the original Cantonese term for the boats, 三板 - literally meaning "three planks" (Bottom plank and two side planks).

Another stop on my China visit was in Chengdu (Chengdu is the start of the Silk Road). Here they have a Panda Research Center (one of four or five in the country). The Giant Pandas are the main attraction, but they also have the less timid and more active Red Pandas.

At the beginning of October I had the opportunity to visit China. I spent 10 days there covering several cities. Starting with Shanghai. We arrived the last part of Golden Week (a national holiday), and it was very crowded. A couple of night time shots of the iconic light display of the...