Mei Lan : Panda lunch, panda snooze

The beautiful outdoor show in HangZhou, ZheJiang province ...

East China

August 2011. Staged at the 'Window of the World'. Includes the handover to Kazan, Russia for July 2013.

Lotus Lane is a charming place to wander and a lively place in the evening to dine and listen to live music ... Often mis-named as HouHai, which is actually another lake immediately to the north, these lakes form part of ShiChaHai, once the docks at the northern end of the Grand Canal from HangZhou. To the south lies BeiHai and JingShan Parks and to the north, the Drum and Bell Towers; east from there lies NanLuoGuXiang, a largely pedestrianized hutong filled with craft and speciality shops and cafes.

Learn more about the modern capital with a rich historical past. Welcome to the blue sky city of Beijing. A great film by ABC7 ...

QingHai province lies in west / central China.

This beautiful water town, often referred to as 'the Venice of the East', lies in the ancient Kingdom of Wu, between ShangHai, SuZhou and HangZhou, in ZheJiang province, east China.

Don't try this (and we mean that), but enjoy the views (if not feeling a tad dizzy and just about ready to fall, or jump, off) ... ShangHai travelling for $20, part 2.

Special memories ...