Home Again.....

Well, we are home again from another successful trip to the pacific rim.
Kelly had never been to Shanghai, so I took the opportunity to show her some of the sights. This is the garden or Yu. It was a PRIVATE, yes I said private garden for the Emporer of China 200 years ago. Oh, the poor guy had to wander around in such beauty....Can you imagine?? Every inch of the garden is planned and executed. He would stroll around and contemplate who he would kill, let live or just do some calligraphy studies.
All of the stone cliffs and mountains are completely man made, if you look closely they are manipulated mounds of smaller rocks cemented together.