Last Sunday, Victoria, Lucy and I went to Shenzhen International Garden and Flora Expo Park. Since a picture paints a thousand words, have a selection of those I took.
Our view on entering the park 
There were loads of random rocks with Chinese carved into them 
Where do the stairs lead…? Another path actually 
Old pillars, new(ish) apartment blocks 
Explorers Lucy (L) and Victoria (R) venturing into the wilderness 
Paths leading to other places 
Where does the natural bamboo path lead? 
To a Chinese engraved rock 
Mix of the old and the new: a reflection of contemporary Chinese society? 
There were approximately 33.4 million butterflies in the park, but this was the only one that landed for long enough 
Blue lotus 
The blue lotus pond 
So many half hidden gazebo type things 
They were so flattered when I asked for this photo 
This could be the cover for a novel or something 
Luckily this water buffalo stayed as still as stone while I took a picture of it 
Pink lotuses/loti/lotodes? 
Pink lotus 
I took advantage of this woman having a photoshoot 
Kingfisher from afar 
Kingfisher from anear 
Chinese creature on a building 
I would be worried if this fish was a realistic interpretation 
Crane 
Snapdragons 
A view of the pagoda 
Lost in the jungle 
The approach 
Buddhist monks praying 
Chinese lanterns are ubiquitous 
Ceiling art inside the pagoda 
Sculptures inside the pagoda 
I had a really good time at the park and took so many pictures (this is 60 of 250 and probably too many but I just couldn’t cut them down anymore). White people are rare, and while I took pictures of people in traditional clothing, they took pictures of us. Sometimes they asked, sometimes they didn’t. One guy asked, then followed us around for about half an hour, and we had to use our super ninja skills to lose him. Creep. Lucy wants to know what he did with the picture, but I really don’t.
We ended the day with pizza at pizza express which was pretty much a perfect ending. Unlike this. Sorry about that…
Through the Haze 