View of Cape Town and Table Mountain from the air

Cape point and a huge school of dolphins swimming by

Lanzerac manor in Stellenbosch, our hotel

Picnicking on Franschhoek pass

View of Franschhoek

View of the winelands from Delaire winery

Hong Kong! Evening view from the Peak

Night bustle in Causeway Bay

View of Hong Kong Island from our room

The famously overrated Jumbo floating restaurant in Aberdeen

At Lantau Island, site of the Po Lin Monastery

The Po Lin Monastery’s giant Buddha

Night view of Shanghai’s impressive Pudong new area

Another view of Pudong

Shanghai has 13+ million inhabitants!

At Yu Yuan gardens in Shanghai’s old town

Zhou Zhuang, a water village

Zhou Zhuang

Xi’an’s bell tower

Xi’an’s drum tower

Xi’an’s Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Fresco from an Imperial tomb near Xi’an

Dig 1 of the army of terracotta warriors—over 6,000 have been found

A detail of the warriors; every warrior is different from another

The army’s flanks are guarded: here’s the front guard

Another detail

The Emperor was buried with this exquisite bronze chariot for his use in the afterlife

View of the mountains around the Li river

The Li river, backdrop of many Chinese paintings

Along the Li river–1

Along the Li river–2

Along the Li river–3