Far as the Eye Can See

Posted in Building Exterior, China, Cityscape, Landmark, Location, Sky, Subject by deceptivelyblonde

View from #CCTV tower. It was such a beautiful day for taking pictures! 💕📷 You could see clear to the mountains and most of the city. You can see my last post for directions if you want to check it out yourself!
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21Mar2019

Kyoto – I’m Back!

Posted in Building Exterior, Japan, Landmark, Location, Sky, Subject by deceptivelyblonde

26Feb2018

Elephant Mountain!

Posted in Cityscape, Landmark, Location, Night Vista, Parks/Rivers/Nature, Subject, Taiwan, Uncategorized by deceptivelyblonde

We climbed Elephant Mountain 😵 💀 I stopped counting after 400 stairs – I have since died of stair death. 👻 I am just a ghost now. . . . But seriously! 👍🏔 It was the nicest time I’ve had in a while. We didn’t get there until after 6 and it was already way dark. I was worried it would be full of drunks / creeps / make-out sessions. It wasn’t! We kept running into the nicest people! Everyone was encouraging each other. Ran into a group of about 15 #Indonesia students there for someone’s birthday. Then a group of #Korean boys. Then some westerners. A #Chinese girl who was posing for a billion pictures with the help of a #Philippine boy who was great about trying different shots and so patient. Then a sweet #Philippine boy walked us down – he’s just finished a contract in Japan. Everyone was just telling each other ‘you can do it! You’re almost there!’ This is what ‘coming together’ and ‘community’ should look like. ❤️❤️ Made me fall in love with humanity again.

13Oct2016

Shanghai Pearl Orient

Posted in China, Cityscape, Landmark, Location, Subject, Uncategorized by deceptivelyblonde

Perhaps one of the most famous landmarks in China, running parallel to the Forbidden City and the Great Wall is Shanghai’s great Oriental Pearl Tower. Standing bright and beautiful in the Lujiazui area along the Huangpu River, the Pearl Tower is on almost every landmark postcard, movie cityscape, and Shanghai tourist items. It was once accidentally moved to Hong Kong on a US movie poster and the Chinese people were understandably horrified. Built in 1994, this tower was the tallest structure in China up until 2007, and is still one of China’s top ranked “things to see.” Viewers however are recommended to come early, early, early in the morning if you want to beat the lines.

Hours are from 8:30am – 9:30pm

If you want to go clear up to the “Space Module” it’s 220RMB ($33). If you just do the upper observatories it’s 160RMB ($24).