China 2003

Photos taken in August-September 2003, visiting Beijing for ISSI2003, and then a trip to Xian, cycling to the Terracotta Warriors and on to the sacred mountain of Hua Shan.

Map of Jinshanling, 100km NE of Beijing, where I started to walk the Great Wall to Simitai	Doorway of a watchtower on the Wall	On the Wall	The Wall near Simatai	Teahouse at the Summer Palace
Singing group at the Summer Palace	ISSI Participants (Liwen, Viv, Xuemei, Mike, Thierry, Linda), and Terracotta friend	Conference Venue: China National Science Library	Line Dancing in a Beijing Park	Forbidden City
Alastair at Temple of Heaven	Sacred Summit Rocks at the Temple of Heaven	Walls of the Forbidden City, and western cyclist	Dagoba at BeiHai Park	Street life outside Xizhimen subway station
Bike police marshalling cyclists at a Beijing intersection	Mobile Bike Shop	Factory near Lintong, on the way to the Buried Warriors	Alternate attraction near Lintong	Buried Warriors
Alastair and student, Hua Shan	Locks attached to climbing chains for good luck, Hua Shan	Precipice route, Hua Shan	View from Hua Shan	West Peak of Hua Shan
Rubbish collector descending steep steps on Hua Shan	Xuan Zang - China's first mobile librarian (carried the Buddhist Sutras in a bamboo backpack from India)	Lathe craftsman, Xian