Asia (China, Singapore, Thailand) Pictures

I visited China, Thailand, and Singapore in 1993.

Click here for a journal of this trip

This is my 97-page photo album from that trip.

Table of Contents

The number in parenthesis is the page number of the photo album.

Day 0 Fly Atlanta to Seattle, Washington (4)

Oregon Grotto (5), Rose Garden (6),, Mt Saint Helen (7), Capitol (8)

Day 1 Fly Seattle to Tokyo to Shanghai (11)

Day 2, 3 Shanghai (12)

Buddha Temple (14), Rug and Jade Factory (16), Shanghai Museum (18)

Day 4 Train to Suzhou (19)

Suzhou Gardens (20), National Embroidery Institute (21)

Day 5 Cruise to Wuxi (23)

Oyster Pearls and Porcelain (24)

Day 6, 7 Cruise to Hangzhou (25)

Silk Complex (26), West Lake (28), Tea Garden (30), Lingyin Temple (31), Great Buddha Hall (32)

Day 8, 9, 10 Fly to Beijing (33)

Cloisonne Factory (35), Tiananmen (36), Forbidden City (40), Ming Tombs (44), Great Wall (46), Summer Palace (49)

Day 11, 12 Fly to Xian (52)

Lacquer Factory (53), Terra Cotta Mausoleum (54), Banpo Museum (57)

Day 13, 14 Fly to Guilin (58)

Li River Cruise (59), Reed Flute Caves (62), Kindergarden (64)

Day 15 Train to Guangzhou (66)

Day 16, 17 Hovercraft to Hong Kong (68)

Peak Tram (70)

Day 18, 19, 20 Fly to Singapore (73)

American Software (75), Sentosa (76)

Day 21, 22, 23 Fly to Bangkok, Thailand (78)

Grand Palace (82), Klongs (85), Wat Arun (88), Vimanmek Palace (90), Dinner (92)

Day 24 Fly Bangkok to Home in Atlanta (95)

Souvenirs (97)

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Shanghai, China

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1993 - My picture of the entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

2002 - My picture of the same thing in Splendid China, Orlando Florida

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1993 - The Great Wall. 4200 miles long in China

2002 - My picture in Splendid China, Orlando Florida.  4 feet tall, half a mile long.

Splendid China, Orlando Florida

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Take a look at these comparison photos!

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Splendid China

I went to Splendid China Theme Park in Orlando Florida in 2002.  Splendid China was a theme park near Disney in Florida. It opened in 1993, and closed on December 31, 2003. 

www.floridasplendidchina.com  doesn't work, so go to  http://www.lostparks.com/china.html

 

       3000 Splendid China Boulevard   Kissimmee, Florida  34747  (2 miles from Disney World on U.S. 192 west, three miles west of 1-4 (exit 25B), between mile markers 4 & 5)

       1-407-396-7111 or 800-244-6226  email: schina @ earthlink.net

This is a 76 acre park.  The pathways are landscaped with bonsai trees.

It features 60 exhibits replicating Chinese landmarks in miniature.  There are knee-high buildings, bridges, and temples.  You can see: 

• The Great Wall - It is half a mile long and waist-high, made of 6 million 1- and 2-inch bricks put together one at a time by Chinese craftsmen brought to Florida especially for the task.   The domino size bricks are terra cotta.
• The Imperial Palace in the Forbidden City is 6,000 rooms.  It has been reproduced on a small scale, stone by stone, tile by tile.
• The Potala Palace is a featured replica in the park.  The real palace is where the Dalai Lama, Tibet's traditional leader lived until he fled the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959. 
• The Leshan Grand Buddha is more than 35 feet tall. It is a miniature version of the original 23-story sculpture.
• There is recreation of the Terra Cotta warriors and horses - the 1974 archaeological discovery of 8,000 life-size and individually carved statues of soldiers and horses that Quin Shihuang commissioned to protect his spirit upon his death.
• The display features hand-crafted hand-painted porcelain figures of people and animals.  There are "tens of thousands" of figures on a scale of 1 to 15.  The figures are mounted on steel posts and imbedded in concrete.

There are four restaurants and 13 gift shops.

We watched a performance by Chinese dancers.

Built by China Travel Service of Hong Kong at a cost of $100 million.

Entrance cost is $23.55

The Splendid China park opened in December, 1993. I visited in January, 2002.  It closed shortly after that.

 

Jan, 2002 . Mom and Dad drove down from St.Aug. I flew from Atl.  Stayed at Renaissance Worldgate, 3011 Maingaite Lane, Kissimmee, FL 34747.  www.renaissancehotels.com.  Total cost for 4 nights was $162.75 = ($35 x 4 ) + 16.80 tax + 5.95 processing fee on priceline.com.  Not bad!!!

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