Xi'an City Wall
The brilliant card put out by our Shanghai Hotel.
Shanghai. Like every city we saw it was a very clean city considering it is 22.5 million people. They always had people sweeping the streets as well as street sweeping machines in action. Here they are making the brooms before they head off for the day's cleaning duties.
The view as we went under the river by Pod Car at The Bund in Shanghai.
A few views from the bridge in Shanghai. Smog is everywhere. 
The Maglev tracks.
Waiting at the station as the Maglev arrives
The speed of the Maglev rail (with no vibration). It got underway at 11.00AM and after 2.57 minutes it was up to 430 Kmph.
A few smoggy buildings in Shanghai.
A Super Capcitor Bus where at the stop its power charger on the roof raises and the bus recharges itself. 
At night on our boat trip in Shanghai.
The TV tower at night - Shanghai.
The Urban Planning Centre in Shanghai where they are planning the city 30 or more years out into the future. The city display at the Centre is incredible and was well worth the visit..
Using a display at the Centre.
A couple of displays of the city at the Centre.
More views of Shanghai - with some old buildings that they have retained. 
This was taken at a Temple Garden. The chap in the NZ jersey is actually from New Caledonia.
The Tea Ceremony. They put great store in this while we thought it rubbish. This started off as a small black hard nut then blossomed into a flower which flavoured the tea. 
Alongside some artwork.
This was an advertising promotion for a phone company.
Chinglish was everywhere. The point is that the students we spoke to knew 40% of the English was wrong, from the highest level of Government and top class shops produced items, down to the small shops but nothing seemed to be able to be done to fix it. 
We got a couple of free caps from a promotion the China Fire Service was running and people were asked to sign their names on a big board which we did as well. Can you spot Wayne NZ and Christine NZ? After putting on the caps several policemen approached us and we posed for photos as they were so fascinated. Everywhere you go in China they want to take a foreigners photo. Quite odd.
The Bell Tower at night.
Fixing the striker at the Bell Tower.
The Buried Army.
Trying her skills.
The Panda at the Beijing zoo. When we visited he was alert and eating as well, as moving about which is unusual as they spend most of their time sleeping. However all was not lost, as he soon went off in snooze mode. 
The square at the Olympic area in Beijing
The 'Birdsnest' Olympic stadium in the capital.
The Cyclo ride in the Hutong area Beijing.
The Great Wall.
We visited a Mall in Beijing near our hotel which had a gigantic ice rink inside. 
With our guide Larry at the Temple in Beijing.
The glorious leader.
