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Along the road to Mt. Huangshan was a scenic area where tea was being farmed.
The mountain was shrouded in clouds with almost zero visibility.

Even with the heavy cloud cover, the mountain was attractive.
Note the guardrail on the path. The drop was about 300 feet if you couldn’t catch a tree.

I can see why this area is called the “Sea of Clouds.”

Modern farm equipment. I’m not sure what it is — he was using it just prior to the planting of the small rice plants.

This farmer is harvesting tea—one leaf at a time.

The streets of Nanjing were crowded as people prepared for May Day. From the Bund in Shanghai with the Orient Pearl tower in the background, through the smog.

A small tea house in Shanghai. The rock gardens were interesting — the stones were glued together using rice gluten.

Sushou may be called the “Venice of the East” by the Chamber of Commerce, but . . .

While the “Humble Administrators Garden” was quite attractive, close inspection of this clump of bamboo indicated that it was painted PVC pipe. Oh well.

Sushou is a major silk producing area. This is the No. 1 silk mill. Really it was a small demonstration area — much too clean and neat to be a real mill.

There were a few quite parts of Hong Kong . The beach below and the bay as seen from the road to Victoria Peak.

There are what seems like millions of apartments. All of them small and each one with a bamboo pole holding laundry out the window. There are also boat people — some living on old junks and many living on multimillion dollar yachts.

Panorama of Kowloon across Hong Kong harbor.

Even late at night it’s gridlock . This is Kowloon at 11 p. m.
The convention Center and everything else is lit up at night.

Well, it’s over . With Hong Kong in the background, our 2002 vacation that started in Beijing, China will end tomorrow with a series of flights that will cross twelve time zones and end back in Tennessee.

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	Along the road to Mt. Huangshan was a scenic area where tea was being farmed. The mountain was shrouded in clouds with almost zero visibility.
		Even with the heavy cloud cover, the mountain was attractive. Note the guardrail on the path. The drop was about 300 feet if you couldn’t catch a tree.
I can see why this area is called the “Sea of Clouds.”
	Modern farm equipment. I’m not sure what it is — he was using it just prior to the planting of the small rice plants.	This farmer is harvesting tea—one leaf at a time.
	The streets of Nanjing were crowded as people prepared for May Day.	From the Bund in Shanghai with the Orient Pearl tower in the background, through the smog.
	A small tea house in Shanghai. The rock gardens were interesting — the stones were glued together using rice gluten.		Sushou may be called the “Venice of the East” by the Chamber of Commerce, but . . .
	While the “Humble Administrators Garden” was quite attractive, close inspection of this clump of bamboo indicated that it was painted PVC pipe. Oh well.
	Sushou is a major silk producing area. This is the No. 1 silk mill. Really it was a small demonstration area — much too clean and neat to be a real mill.
		There were a few quite parts of Hong Kong . The beach below and the bay as seen from the road to Victoria Peak.
	There are what seems like millions of apartments. All of them small and each one with a bamboo pole holding laundry out the window. There are also boat people — some living on old junks and many living on multimillion dollar yachts.
			Panorama of Kowloon across Hong Kong harbor.
	Even late at night it’s gridlock . This is Kowloon at 11 p. m. The convention Center and everything else is lit up at night.
Well, it’s over . With Hong Kong in the background, our 2002 vacation that started in Beijing, China will end tomorrow with a series of flights that will cross twelve time zones and end back in Tennessee.