Wallace, a small town in Idaho, is famous for its silver. I paid quite a short visit(40 minutes) on my way from Yellowstone back to Seattle. Although it is a quite small town, it is clean and well decorated. It has a long history of silver mining. So, you can buy very cheap and pretty silver accounterment. It is a town for tourist. There are some tour plans designed for visiting the old mine and some museums to introduce the history of Wallace. By the way, the icecrean there is really huge.

Deer Lodge is a even smaller town on the way in Montana. Actually, it is on the I-90 commercial. All the stores and restaurant are along the street. Although the name sounds pretty, it is famous for an old fashioned prison. It's a pity that I fogot to take a picture of that prison. We had lunch there and the steak there is delicious and very juicy. We also got a ticket for overspeed and fined 50 bucks. :(

Yellowstone locates at the border of Montana and Wyoming. It might be the most famous national park in the US. It is also the first one which date back to 19th century. It is famous for its unique physiognomy because of the terristrial. Geysers, hot springs, mud volcanos are everywhere in the park. Also, the park is famous for its diverse species. There are elks, buffalos, wolves, mooses, pronghorn deers, grizzly bear and so on.

Yellowstone is really colorful because of those springs and the yellow rock, especially those near the famous yellowstone fall.

Because of the high altitude, the temperature there is really low--36F even in late July. So, a warm sleeping bag and warm clothes are quite necessary.

Glacier locates at the border of Canada and USA. The portion in Canada is called Waterton while the part in USA is called Glacier. Glacier is famous for its spectacular mountains, limpid lakes and many glacier. The mountain goat is the simbol of the national park because you can see them everywhere.

The trip to Orcas Island is for the MF ZU Reunion 2004. The reunion only has 3 days. We rent thre three houses which is supposed to accomodate near 30 people. But, only half could made it. Thus, I got a huge bedroom for all the three days. Because the house I live has the best view, it became the main activity place for BBQ, football and killing game. We had one hiking on the last day. On top of the hill, you can see the view on the left. Actually, you can see many snow mountains around, including the Mt. Rainier, Vancouver Island etc.

Seattle is the capital city of Washington State. It is 2.5 hours drive south to Vancouver. Thus, the two cities has very similar climate and city style. Actually, I only took one day trip around the downtown area.

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia in Canada. It's on the big Vancouver Island to the east of Vancouver city. You need to take both bus and Ferry to get there from Vancouver. For those who haven't taken ferry on the sea, it is really an exciting experience to see the sun rise on the horizon.

Jiu Zhai Gou is really a legendary valley. It is famous for its incredibly pure and diverse colors. All the lakes there are called "Son of Sea" because people there have never seen the sea, they just name it this way so that they feel closer to the sea. As you can see on the left, the color of the lake is really amazingly green. Also, it is so clean that you can easily seen the bottom. Some of the lakes there are more than 100 metres deep. Looking deep into it made me feel thrilled. The best season is autumn when all the trees there turns to different colors.

Emei Mt. is famous for Buddism. There are lots of temples on top of it. I can not remember its exact altitude, but I am sure it is more than 3300 metres above the sea level. The picture on the right is taken in front of the largest temple on the top of the mountaion which is called the "Golden Top".

L.A. is really a huge city. It spread over the west coast of the USA. I have been there twice. First time, I just bypass it on my trip to Chile. I stayed only one day. The only place I had been to that time is the Universal Studio. Whatever you saw on movies, you see them there. For example, Terminator, Back to Future, U571, Mummy, etc. I really enjoyed the virtual reality for the movie "Back to Future".

Actually, I only paid one day visit to San Diego to one of my relative there. I like the weather and environment there. It is not that hot in summer as in L.A.. There are more beautiful plants and flowers there. Because it is very close to Mexico, people often cross the border to Mexico to enjoy the great sea food there.

The Coronado Island near San Diego is a great place for travellers. There is also a Navy Base in the harbor. The island is small, but it has a famous hotel called Hotel Del Coronado. I learnt that many US presidents once stayed there. I only got the chance to walk in the hotel and along the beach.

New Orleans is the capital city of Louisiana in the south part of USA. It is famous for its African American culture. It's the origin of Jazz music. Everyone there seems to be a musician. They can dance and sing quite well. You can not imagine that they even play Jazz at the end of a funeral instead of mourning. It's really different from Chinese culture.

The most famous place there is the French Quarter. It is named because there were once many French there. That's a area with about 5 by 5 blocks. There are quite a lot of pubs there. Every night, after 10pm, it becomes crowded everywhere. People come here to enjoy the Jazz and the pub culture.

The Mississippi River flows across the city. The picture above is takn on a boat cruising on the river. The dawn there is really beautiful. Altough, in the day time, there is nothing special with the river, it may be famous because of so many stories happened around it.

Because I live in the south part of China, I seldom got any chance to go to those cities in the north. I went to Beijing at the beginning of 2002 for the first time. Fortunately, the weather in winter there is comfortable. Not so cold as I expected. I like walking in the sunshine and feel the cold breeze in a winter morning. That makes me feel refreshed. Although I stayed there for nearly a month, I only got four full days for traveling. The city does make very good impression on me, altough many of my friends do not agree. Maybe, it was the typical Chinese culture and history that attracted. All the ancient architectures remind me of the great culture and long history of my own country. You can not imagine the feeling to walk in such a city that even some neglectable spots would have a history longer than a thousand. There might be an endless story as well.

I really felt grateful to have the opportunity to visit Chile, which is right at the opposite pisition on the earth from China. The culture there is also completely different which attracted me a lot. The people there showed great hospitality to us. Most people there can not speak English, which made shopping very interesting. Using body language for bargin is really fun. ^-^

It was my first time to go to the USA. After almost 20 hours air travl, I finally arrive the destination. That was also the first time I sat on the plane for more than 13 hours without any stop. It was really painful. Everything looks huge to me in US. Huge dishes, huge people, huge subway halls etc. Because it was the first time I went to USA, there are quite a lot of interesting stories. The "Pharmacy" does not only sell medicine. The shops close before 8pm. Two dishes might blow you up...

The city looks beautiful, especially at the time I was there. Altough it is the capital of the world leading country, it is very quite as if it is just a small town. The picture on the left is taken in front of the Congress Hall. You might be familiar with the background in the right picture. Yes, one of the scene of "Forest Gump" was taken in the pool in front of the Washington Memorial. The famous Lincoln Memorial is also around there.

The trip to Japan was the first time I stepped out of my motherland. Because, in 1996, China hadn't developed well enough as it is now, the trip was definitely a shock to me. The advanced technology, the various goods, and colorful neon billboard flashed around me. It is amazing that a city huge like that can be that clean. It is more amazing that a huge city with such a dense population can have so smooth transportation.

I lived beside a big garden in Tokyo then. I have to admit that the Japanese Gardening deserve its world fame, because it is really a kind of art.

The Fuji Mt. in summer did not look as it is in most beautiful pictures. There is no snow covering the top. People said it was because of the greenhouse effect. I reached up to 2500 metres in altitude.

Disney Land locates on a man made island near Tokyo. The picture on the left was taken there. If you have never been to Disney, you definitely need to experience the world built by the fairy tales.