The JimAnna Chronicles

We had the opportunity to visit the 2,000 year old Army of Terra Cotta Warriors. This experience was right up there with our visit to the Great Wall. If you are unfamiliar with what I am talking about, the Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang. He was the emperor who first united China in 221 B.C. [...]

We had mixed emotions about our last day in Beijing. Our main stop on the itinerary was to a place called World Park. It’s a park filled with replicas of the world’s monunments at one tenth size. While it was somewhat interesting, we mostly got the feeling that it was a very touristy with not [...]

We decided to make a return trip to Tiananmen Square to see the difference the night made. Here are some of the images. We also visited the Temple of Heaven. This very peaceful location, that is yet another example of Ming architecture, was where a large number of Chinese retirees came to relax. There were [...]

OK, so I wasn’t able to keep up with the real time posts in China again. However, again, we have a huge number of pictures, so there will be a number of posts. Next stop on the itinerary was one of the main reasons we went to China, to visit the Great Wall of China, [...]