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Jennifer and I were in China from June 20-30, as part of the New York Choral Society's tour. We spent six days in Beijing and three days in the coastal city of Qingdao. Here's a compilation of pictures for both of our cameras -- enjoy! If you'd like to see video of two Chinese song performance while in Beijing, click here.
 
David Hughes > Very early morning at JFK
David Hughes > China Tour 2008 photo
David Hughes > With fellow choir member Trey
David Hughes > Spending a two hour delay in the beautiful Vancouver, B.C. airport
David Hughes > You don't normally see an aquarium at an airport!
David Hughes > Still in Vancouver, with Paul and Sarah
David Hughes > With Paul, Sarah, and Beth
David Hughes > Finally made it to Beijing!
David Hughes > Our luggage made it too!
David Hughes > Wanfujing Dajie -- the pedestrian street right outside our hotel.  Basically the Times Square of Beijing!
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David Hughes > Yummy scorpions on a stick -- they're still alive!
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David Hughes > Our first meal of the trip.  We think the waiter was laughing at us -- he kept encouraging us to order more, but we were sure we just wanted one dish per person!  We definitely weren't full, but decided to move on to find more food afterwards.
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David Hughes > These funny phone booths were everywhere!
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David Hughes > Going into the hutong, which are the old alleys of Beijing
David Hughes > Either the Bell Tower or Drum Tower
David Hughes > Our Hutong tour guide
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David Hughes > As part of the Hutong tour, we visited the home of someone who lives there.  This is artwork in his house.
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David Hughes > A rickshaw ride through the alleys was also part of the tour
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David Hughes > Going into the hutong, which are the old alleys of Beijing.
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David Hughes > Our host in the house we visited...
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David Hughes > Bottled water is widely used :)
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David Hughes > Our first lunch at a place recommended by an English speaker who struck up a conversation on the street.  It was a very good suggestion!
David Hughes > At least we can still find good coffee!
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David Hughes > Our first look at the Forbidden City -- luckily only a ten minute walk from our hotel.
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David Hughes > Apparently no bugles are allowed :)
David Hughes > Another act during the rehearsal of the Meet in Beijing Opening Ceremonies
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David Hughes > The 24-hour McDonalds across the street from the hotel -- this came in handy a couple of times!
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David Hughes > We saw more KFCs than McDonalds!
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David Hughes > Our trip inside the Forbidden City -- this place is huge!
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David Hughes > Our room in the North Garden Hotel, Beijing
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David Hughes > Our visit to the Summer Palace, where many emperors lived for half of the year.
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David Hughes > Sunny, one of our tour guides
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David Hughes > A very hazy, smoggy day (like all of the days) on the lake at the Summer Palace
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David Hughes > What do you think is the difference between food and fast food?
David Hughes > We unfortunately didn't have time to climb up there
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David Hughes > The Dragon Lady's marble boat at the Summer Palace
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David Hughes > I guess walking on the grass with shoes is okay?
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David Hughes > These men write poems in calligraphy on the ground every day
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David Hughes > The "Long Corridor" at the Summer Palace
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David Hughes > Waiting for the Chinese Acrobats show to start -- it was amazing!
David Hughes > Beginning a walk through Tiananmen Square
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David Hughes > Mao's tomb in Tiananmen Square
David Hughes > Olympics signs and countdowns were everywhere!
David Hughes > Another trip to the Forbidden City for Jennifer, while David was at a rehearsal
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David Hughes > This is the nephew of the last emperor of China!  He now does calligraphy at a gallery in the Forbidden City.
David Hughes > Concert poster for the NYCS concert in Beijing
David Hughes > Inside the Beijing Concert Hall
David Hughes > Yongyan Hu, who conducted Beethoven's 9th in Beijing
David Hughes > Visiting the Temple of Heaven
David Hughes > During the rehearsal for the concert in Beijing
David Hughes > Another area of the Temple of Heaven park
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David Hughes > Charlie, one of our favorite tour guides.
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David Hughes > These columns are made from Oregon fir trees!
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David Hughes > Outside the Beijing Concert Hall, before the big concert
David Hughes > Can you find David?
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David Hughes > Our day at the Great Wall!  We were at a section of the wall called Badaling, about an hour outside of Beijing
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David Hughes > We didn't have much of a view, since we were literally in the clouds....
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David Hughes > Inside the Friendship Store, where we had a tour lunch on our Great Wall day
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David Hughes > A rat of pearls!
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David Hughes > Fellow choir member Loren
David Hughes > Mike climbing the Great Wall...
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David Hughes > This was quite a hike -- it's steeper than it looks!
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David Hughes > The All-Tour Gala duck dinner on our last night in Beijing
David Hughes > Our drive-by of the "Bird's Nest," the main Olympic stadium
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David Hughes > Everyone stopping for a photo break
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David Hughes > Serenading our hosts with Da Hai at the gala dinner
David Hughes > A funny sign in the elevator at the hotel...
David Hughes > Rain Flower Pool Sauna Enjoy Free!
David Hughes > Arriving in Qingdao, a coastal city an hour flight from Beijing.  It's the home of the Olympic sailing events, and it's a "medium-sized" city of only 8 million people!
David Hughes > One of our tour guides in Qingdao
David Hughes > Outside the bus on the way to our hotel
David Hughes > Qingdao is home of Tsingtao Brewery, the most well-known beer from China
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David Hughes > The view from our hotel in Qingdao!
David Hughes > Given out on the plane -- Wet Turban Needless Wash!
David Hughes > The beautiful city of Qingdao -- we finally saw the sun!
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David Hughes > This bus is a restaurant, with counter service at the window and tables upstairs!
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David Hughes > Many boats collecting the massive amounts of algae that has bloomed recently -- they need to clean it up before the Olympic sailing events!
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David Hughes > At first glance I thought this was Starbucks...
David Hughes > Our hotel in Qingdao
David Hughes > The poster advertising the Qingdao concert!
David Hughes > Jack at rehearsal
David Hughes > The Qingdao Symphony's director (this was his last concert with them)
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David Hughes > Dinner at a German restaurant in Qingdao -- the city was actually a German settlement for several years
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David Hughes > Our tour of the Tsingtao Brewery
David Hughes > The big finish of the brewery tour -- they let anyone sample the beer!
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David Hughes > Our afternoon at Beach No. 2, spending time with the piles of algae.
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David Hughes > There was also a wedding dress photo shoot going on -- it seems that anyone could rent a wedding dress and get their picture taken on the beach!
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David Hughes > We did actually go swimming!
David Hughes > More of the brewery tour...
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David Hughes > Matt and Claire on the beach
David Hughes > They gave beer to children
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David Hughes > The TV tower in Qingdao
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David Hughes > Jessica, John, Michael, and Liz
David Hughes > More brides...
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David Hughes > Before the last concert of the tour
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David Hughes > The women took a little longer to get onstage -- so much for the counting :)
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David Hughes > With Matt, Claire, Sarah, and Paul on Laoshan Mountain
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David Hughes > Paul and Sarah riding the cable car up Laoshan
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David Hughes > A beautiful view
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David Hughes > Mmm...
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David Hughes > Looking at the top of the cable car -- we hiked quite a bit!
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David Hughes > The number of figurines signifies the importance of the building
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David Hughes > This would be an awful job...
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David Hughes > The temple we hiked up to
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David Hughes > Enjoying our last day in China
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David Hughes > Having fun with Anna, one of the kids on the trip
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David Hughes > The last all-tour dinner of the trip
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David Hughes > Yes, that's corn-on-the-cob ice cream
David Hughes > Our last night in China, spent at the Corner Jazz Club (which has no jazz)
 

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