Yao Ming and I played a little 1 on 1. I beat him.
I have a better pose than the statue.Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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I ended up buying a silk jacket.
Stage 1 of the Chinese pottery process involves gluing metal shapes onto the jars.
Stage 2 involves painting inside the metal shapes glued onto the jars.
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This is a picture of our entire tour group who ran the marathon. It was a neat group of people from all over (Minnesota, California, New York, Florida, Minnesota). This was after the race at the Gala dinner at a nice hotel in downtown Beijing.
Nick, Jess, and myself in front of the Great Wall ice sculpture.
They rate toilets in China. Apparently this one is only 3 stars.
Nick was actually bold enough to eat the 3 scorpians on a stick (bottom right tray).
The street market also sold all types of snakes, sea food, and other goodies.China 5
I leave Qatar and go to China and I still can't seem to get away from camels. This one has 2 humps though. It is the first 2 hump camel I have ever seen.
Sexually "tremsitted" diseases are "dreaded".
We had a little Chinese tea demonstration to try and see if we wanted to buy anything. They couldn't get me to open up my wallet!
This is the back exit of the Forbidden City.
This is me (and Chairman Mao) in front of the Forbidden City.China 4
A panda bear at the Beijing zoo.
Two bears enjoying a love relationship! The entire zoo came over to watch the 15 minute performance.
China likes statues.
This guy dressed so crazy I asked him if I could get a picture taken with him.
This dude didn't move, didn't blink, and didn't even know I existed!China 3
I got to sit in the drivers seat!
Chinese architecture.
Chinese men hard at work repairing brick work on ground floor.
It is a long wall!
And it keeps on going.China 2
The Chinese military had training exercises on the wall the day we were there.
The wall is pretty hilly!
And steep!
The wall does stop! In places where mountain ridges can do the job, the wall stops and then picks up on the other side of the mountain ridge.
The Chinese like stone lions!China
China is another country I have visited recently. China is one of the ealiest centers of human civilization. Ancient china started as early as 2100 BCE and then Imperial China began around 221 BCE with the Qin Dynasty. Imperial China continued for another 2000 years until the Qing Dynasty gave out in 1911 and the Rebulic of China formed in 1912. People's Republic of China began in 1949 under the communist leader Chairman Mao. Beijing (Peking) is the current capital with a population of about 14,000,000. Peking hosted the Olympics in 2008. The current popluation of China is about 1.3 billion. The Great Wall of China "long fortress" was built to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by vaious nomadic groups like the Xiongnu from the norht (5th century BC and 16th century). The wall stretches about 3,900 miles.
Jessica and I are climbing down the stairs.
I am running the race. I was photographed by a man and his daughter who were walking the wall during the race (they were part of our tour group).
Jessica, Nick, and I had to take a picture with our Texas A&M at Qatar shirts!
Where the nightmare run on the wall began!
A picture of us three the day before the race.
Jessica and I are climbing down the stairs.
I am running the race. I was photographed by a man and his daughter who were walking the wall during the race (they were part of our tour group).
Jessica, Nick, and I had to take a picture with our Texas A&M at Qatar shirts!
Where the nightmare run on the wall began!
A picture of us three the day before the race.Kuwait
Kuwait is another country I visited. It is the 5th richest country in the world due to its massive oil production. It holds 10% of the world's proven oil reserves. It has a population of about 3.5 million people. In 1990 Saddam Hussain invaded Kuwait and after being defeated, he set fire to over 773 oil wells while exiting the country. Below is a photo I took from a tower in Kuwait.
The "Three Towers" were shot at and almost destroyed when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.
The "Three Towers" were shot at and almost destroyed when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.
Bahrain 2
This is the group of people we vacationed with in Bahrain: Dennis and Christy Bush, Chris and Jill, Justin and Lindsay, and Tristan and Rachel.
We walked everywhere in Bahrain to prevent from taking taxis.Bahrain
I have been traveling to quite a few places recently (Bahrain, Kuwait, and China) so I will update you with all my pictures. Bahrain is the first place I visited and it means "two seas" in Arabic which refers to the freshwater springs that are found within the salty seas surrounding it. Bahrain is an island northwest of Qatar and has a population of about 800,000 people. It is ruled under a constitutional monarchy (Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah. It is connected to Saudi Arabia by a bridge. It is well known that many Saudis come to Bahrain to drink alcohol and indulge in other promiscuous activities. Below is a picture of a neat looking building in the capital city (Manama). If you look closely you can see the 3 windmills attached in the middle of the building.
Below is another shot of what downtown Manama looks like.
Below is one of the main mosque in Manama.
Construction is still occurring in Manama at a rapid pace.
Bahrain has been practicing land reclaimation from the sea which is where they dump dirt into the ocean so that they can "reclaim" land to build on.
Below is another shot of what downtown Manama looks like.
Below is one of the main mosque in Manama.
Construction is still occurring in Manama at a rapid pace.
Bahrain has been practicing land reclaimation from the sea which is where they dump dirt into the ocean so that they can "reclaim" land to build on.
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