AnJi Trip (March 27-28 2003 + July 16-17 2005)

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Lovely valeys
Beautiful landscape
Old fashioned shelves in the field!
Bamboo.... that's business!
Bamboo processing
Bamboo eating
Bamboo beer
Bamboo museum, with black bamboo
Bamboo art
Bamboo carving
Bamboo transport
Bamboo transport
Bamboo forest, where "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" was filmed
text: Anji County Bamboo Craft Center
Now it's a park with bamboo "Funny Walks"
And wonderful light shining through the bamboos
Bamboos
Bamboos
Bamboos
Bamboos
Bamboos
Bamboos
Invitation to visit Lonqing Garden, the place of the ......
"Wa Wa Yu" Baby Fish, a giant salamander (Andrias Davidianus)

further information
"Wa Wa Yu"

point at the picture to see where the salamander is hiding
And realize how big it is (2005 still there...)
Links to see more on Andrias Davidianus:
In Da Xi Zhen the Red House Club (still colorful in 2005)
One minute walk from the famous Waterfalls

In a beautiful setting, the path winds up over aquaducts....
And along "Turtles"

move the mouse over the picture to find them
The Tianchi Hydroelectric Powerstation
The Lower Dam
The Upper Dam
The Explanation

TIANHUANGPING - SPECIFICATION

found at power-technology site

Key Data   
Order year  1993 
Output  1,836 MW 
Plant type  Hydro pumped-storage 
Location  Tainhuangping, Zhejiang province, China 
Estimated investment  $900 billion 
Completion  2001 
Key Players   
Sponsor  East China Electric Power Group 
Lead equipment suppliers  Kvaerner / GE/ VA Technologie 
Other Parties   
Consultancy  Electricité de France 
Finance  World Bank 
Plant Details   
Hydro units  6 x 306 MW, pump 
Mockup of Pumped Water Storage Power Station side
The actual Power Station
Mockup of Pumped Water Storage Lake side
The Lake (2005)
Pumped Water Storage Lake (2003)
Mogan Shan was a Rip Off(2003)
40 RMB pp to drive around, 20 for parking, all "sites" to be paid additionally and only delapidated houses being all under construction.
The Magnolia was beautifull though!
 

AnJi Trip (March 27-28 2003 + July 16-17 2005)

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