Jeff's Trip to China Part I

Jeff was in China for a school trip for 7 days. He started his journey flying to Oslo, Moscow and then down to Shanghai. In Shanghai they spent a day visiting the World Expo ( I will post pictures of this tomorrow) before they flew on to Xiamen. When they left Xiamen they spent the day in Beijing. He said it was an amazing trip even though the heat and humidity got to him. Make sure to click on some of the pictures to see them larger. Some of the detail on the skyline, palaces and shrines are very cool. Shanghai's skyline. This skyline was developed in the last 20 years, prior to that time there were no sky scrapers in this area.
A restaurant they ate at in Shanghai.
Snake! Jeff said that you could pick out your own snake for them to cook up. He said it tasted like chicken.
Another restaurant Xiamen. The meal here cost Jeff about $80 USD so it was a very expensive restaurant for the city.Pigs ear. Jeff did not try this but those that did liked it.
Octopus which was good.
Lobster.
Wall decor.
On the way to a buddhist temple.
Inside the temple.
A buddhist temple.
Inside the temple.
This means Buddha.
In Beijing this is the entrance to the forbidden palace from Tiananmen Square.
Tianenmen Square. Jeff said it was huge. Beijing is VERY polluted. He said it never gets sunnier than this day!
On the backside of the Forbidden Palace the group hiked up a mountain to take pictures and this was at the top.
The shrine on top of the mountain they hiked.
Looking into the Forbidden Palace.

I will post pictures of the World Expo and of the cool things that Jeff brought us back in the next couple of days. Jeff also brought back a cold from China that I have also caught so I'm running a little slow right now. More posts soon!