Hello to all! Maybe some of you have noticed that I'm back to 'rosity. Well I'm back alive and safe, I had great times in China, the land of contrasts... Crowded, smelly, polluted, noisy streets where a little Vasquez can get lost. or Harmony, serenity, relax, joy, friendship, in parks or small streets, where the time has stopped and where you can appreciate the kindness of Chinese people.

I was wandering in Beijing and Xi'An with this 2 kind of sensations, trying to undestand how this culture can produce the opposite of human being at the same time.

Well I haven't figured out, but I've returned home more tired and more happy (and wit ha bag full of presents) so I can say It was a fabulous holyday!! ... and now some pics for you (total count is 460, but I don't wont to bore you).

First one, summer palace of the emperor NW of Beijing

Decorations on the palace

DRAGON!

The great wall, how it appears after a nice, hard walk.

I can see my home from here!

The gate to the forbidden city, Tienanmen square.

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Scorpions and kiwis

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Wow, great photos, look forward to more...:)

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They eat scorpions? Did you? What do they taste like? And what are those things in the tray to the upper left? Roach-kabobs? (Well they DO look like jumbo cockroaches, don'tcha know!) Oh, and beautiful shots! I'm with Zhann on this one: more, more, MORE!

Yes they eat scorpions, I didn't (they were still moving... but I saw people doing it, on the upper left right there are some unkown bugs...

I think that the unknown bugs are either cicadas or hissing cockroaches. :-) Welcome back.

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Fantastic shots....are those bugs candied/glazed ( & De-poisend)?

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Holy Moley! Scorpions?!?!? How sensible - instead of being a nuisance, they're a handy source of protein, freely available! pukes nonetheless Great pictures :o)

Ye dogs a meal with a sting in the tail...how novel. I'm with Pogmahone on here. Wonderful Pictures. I am also with the "more Pics" group.

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Yum... I prescribe to the view that my revulsion to thoughts of something as food is in inverse proportion to my nearness to starvation. (In other words, if I'm starving, I could eat almost anything to survive, especially if I know that a culture already commonly uses it as a food source.)

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

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Thanks for posting your brilliant pics. I don't suppose hey had a MacDonalds there?

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UMMM scorpions! now I'm hungry! Great picts! Thanks!

Scorpions for food... interesting :) If they weren't moving I'd have tried one. BTW, thanx for the photo of the dragon! I LOVE those kinda dragons :D

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he he Bryster, China is full of McDonalds and KFC!

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Excellent photos, the Great wall looks amazing. Welcome back! Lol @ Bryster, I bet they've got Mcdonalds on the moon.

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Cool pictures! I'd like to see more also. Um, the fruit looks good. ~turning slightly green at the rest~

Nice photos!! Scorpions and cockroaches for lunch?? Eeeeew!! No wonder the Chinese are taking over the world. Clearly, nothing upsets them.

Could be worse, could be raining.

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LOL! @MacD's.....doesn't look like a great place to eat..... Thanks for posting though.....Big Mac & Flied Lice anyone?

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And in my final hours - I would cling rather to the tattooed hand of kindness - than the unblemished hand of hate...

Lol... Do they have camel meat? I refuse to visit China unless they serve camel meat! I can't imagine scorpions being too tasty... Welcome back, Vasquez!

I forgot to say, "Great pictures, Vasquez!" Hey, does KFC in China stand for "Kung Fu Chicken"? :^)

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy

LOL tjohn!!! This is Tientan heaven palace and some tired cleaning woman.

Terracotta warrior.(220 BC)

A jar of Pac-Mans

Roflmao, I was just admiring the watergarden pic and nearly spit my coffee when I read your description! I can't believe I didn't see the resemblence, pacman lol. These are fantastic pics, and I love chinese dragons and those buildings with the funny roofs.

ROTFLMAO@pacmans!

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LOL@pacmans!! I wouldn't be surprised if the idea for pacman was actually started out with those leaves there :)

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