Sunday, December 31, 2006
We went to the mountains and saw an area that has been world heritage listed. It is an irigation project which a very far sighted person started to build some 1500 years ago. It now provides Chengdu and Sichuan province with plentiful water for their agricultural industry which they rely heavily on.Here we are walking across a suspension bridge which is over very fast running water....fortunately it is winter and there is less water at present until the snow melts. A friend of Sam's drowned here a few years back when hefell into the water and was swept away....not found for a week!

There is so much amazing architecture and history in this country that we don't have anything to compare it with.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Yay...I finally have gotten on to my blog. The internet is
dreadfully slow since the earthquake in Taiwan somehow affected the telecommunications cable I presume somewhere in the ocean, and bad weather is hampering progress in fixing it. It's New Year's Eve, and if I get this posted I might post some more as we are home all evening here at Selina's parents.....so you might be reading this retrospectively as I put the pics up.....so HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone. Like Christmas , New Year here is no big deal, as the emphasis for the Chinese is on their New Year according to the lunar calendar. Today we went to a Chinese temple, and a Zen Buddhist monastery. We have plans tomorrow afternoon to drive up to the mountains. Chengdu is surounded by very high mountains....hence the mist in all of the pics. We hope to see some snow and will stay up there overnight, swim in some hot springs and have a good look around.
Selina leaves for home tomorrow as she has has to study for an exam, so we are here until the 5th with Sam.
This is a temple behind Kevin where a lot of people clad in brown cloaks were kneeling and chanting a very monotone mantra.

Selina leaves for home tomorrow as she has has to study for an exam, so we are here until the 5th with Sam.
This is a temple behind Kevin where a lot of people clad in brown cloaks were kneeling and chanting a very monotone mantra.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Monday, December 25, 2006
Church in Chengdu.....

