My final destination in China – Shanghai.

Scenes from “The Bund” (the river flowing thru Shanghai). Included in the image are The Pearl Tower, World Trade Center and “The Bottle Opener” (guess which building that is).

Night shots from the very top of The Pearl Tower. Looking down at “The Bund” and the rest of Shanghai. The boats on the river are lit up like Christmas trees creating these “sweeping light effects” when photographed with a long exposure.

The Bottle Opener at night.

Pearl Tower, the Bund at night. One of my favorite pictures.

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Hangzhou, China.

Scenes from West Lake.

Henan province, China.

Martial arts performance in the Shaolin temple. The legendary birth place of Shaolin Kung Fu.

Scenes from The Long Man Caves.

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Yangshou, China.

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Guilin, China.

Boat ride down the Li river to Yangshou.

According to the legend the gods painted these mountains with their huge divine brushes and black ink. The mountain in this picture is “horse mountain”. If you look carefully you can see several horses in the black and white patterns on the cliff wall.

A few pictures from Xian, China.

The Terracotta Soldiers of Xian. Bigger version.

Performance in the citys bell tower.

The Drum Tower.

View from the top of The Big Goose Pagoda.

The Great Wall of China, somewhere between Jingshangling and Badaling.

Sunset in a park in central Beijing.

A man taking an afternoon nap at the Imperial Summer Palace just outside Beijing.

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So I bought myself a digital camera and I’ve been taking pictures with it for about 9 months now. It’s not like I haven’t taken pictures before but it’s always been a loaner since I haven’t owned a camera before. So I would say that buying this camera marked the start of a new hobby for me. This is the sexy little beast I bought:

Canon Ixus 980 IS

It’s my precious. :)

I’ll be posting some pictures in the coming days, primarily from my trip to Asia.