Another Day Trip to Share With You – Part 2
Another Day Trip to Share With You – Part 2
Now we are entering the gardens. I took so many photos that this will be Part 2 but I am going to continue with a Part 3. The gardens of this park were magnificent, and I noted that visitors had come from scores of nations to wander through them, as indicated in an exhibit of photos identifying them – many government officials including presidents and prime ministers.
Although we walked for hours we did not cover 5% of the whole parkland. There was a helicopter service that flew over the whole area, and it was really busy. The only problem with that was the noise they made. This is going to be more of a kind of slide show than a photo "essay" because I am going to provide comments with only some of the photos.
1 The welcoming sign just inside the park entrance.
2 This is the part on the bottom left of the sign above. I really enjoy some of the things the Chinese say in English on their signs. In particular, look at number 8 at the bottom.
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4 This is a tea house.
5 The pond was teaming with goldfish, and these guys are about 18 - 20 inches long.
6 The park was somehow connected with Daoism. These crane statues are symbolic of the religion, although I didn't see any yin-yang signs.
7 There were many statues of officials from the time the park was created, all lined up along both sides of a pathway. I took photos of only 2 of them.
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10 Leading to the temple - there's always a temple.
11 This was my favourite photo of the day.
12 They didn't care about wheelchairs back in those days.
13 This is probably a very valuable statue of a deity, putting it behind glass for protection.
14 This view of the park, with all the rivers, gives you an idea of its magnitude.
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18 There are mountains in the distance.
19 The man behind the pool is reaching for his wallet to throw money in the water - you can see it at the bottom of the pool.
20 An souvenir shop unusually located deeper in the park - many interesting artifacts. Usually such shops are located near the main exit of a park.
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24 This is at the entrance of the tea house pictured above.
This will be continued on Part 3. The best garden photos are yet to come.
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