Hallstett, Austria I MEAN.... Guangdong, China, is another example of Chinese faking it.
Maybe it is a treatise to the Chinese people, a promise that China has everything the free continent of Europe has to offer, specifically architecture.
Hangzhou China boasts the Eiffel Tower. Amongst rotting cornfields and visored farmworkers...
I don't get it.
I think that is my main frustration with traveling in the Far East. I spent the majority of my time not understanding why things were the way they were in certain parts we traveled in, and I am still to this day not understanding. In most respects.
I don't get why China has to spend millions to replicate architecture that has already been vaulted and glorified. But they do.
Lian told us about this 'historical site' and suggested we give it a lookaround.
It opened in October of 2014, which might help explain the gaping absence of all human lifeforms in the setting.
The canals must have been a good location for wedding photography. There were two separate modeling sessions going on simultaneously.
prettiest architecture ever built.
500 million dollars US and all the buildings are vacant.
Oh and the two portapotties we were finally able to find were padlocked shut.
Still...it was our first time on a gondola :).
Bumpo was obsessed with getting the best angle of her features. It wasn't at all annoying.
Bumpo....stahpppp....
Tank was feeling feverish and under the weather. I think he was miserable in the 90+ degree heat and 80% humidity.
All of the buildings were vacant. There were no restaurants, no shops, no museums open nearly one year after completion. It was sort of icky.
Another hot day in Liaoning Province, Dalian, China.
The water was brackish-colored and clotted with algae, and you could see the concrete surface of the canal at the bottom.
Some friendly Chinese waved at us.
All in all glad that we did it, but not thinking we would have missed a lot if we hadn't.
Google "Venice in China" for more info.
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