When I was in Beijing saw two things that I thought were amazing. One of the many great things I saw in China was the Water Cube and Birds Nest. These buildings are where they held the 2008 Olympic Games. The Water Cube is a pool used for all the water actives in the games. The Birds Nest is where they held the opening and closing ceremony it is also used for the track and field in the games.
I also traveled from Beijing to the Great Wall of China. This wall was built to prevent nomads from attacking the Chinese. It as well marked there territory. The wall stretches more than 5000 km from the seacoast to the east. The Great wall is one of the great 7 wonders of the world. I thought the wall was very hard to walk on because it was very steep and the steps were very high off the ground. Over all in my trip to China I had a pretty great trip.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Japan by Adam Boyle
If you ever get the chance to go to Japan, TAKE IT. Japan is a wonderful place, very, very clean, and the people are over the top nice. I never saw a piece of garbage anywhere, or graffiti on any buildings or walls. The people would help you out everywhere even if they didn’t speak English.
In our time in Japan we went to two places, Osaka and Hiroshima. In Osaka we took the subway to Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794-1869. Also Kyoto was known as Heiankyo before its name was changed. In Kyoto we went to the Golden Pavilion, which was something that looked like a house, but part of it was made from gold! In addition to this we saw a shoguns palace called Nijojo Castle. Unfortunately, we couldn’t take pictures inside the palace but we got to take pictures outside and in the gardens, which were very well kept. During our time in Kyoto we spotted some sprouting cherry blossoms but due to the time of year they weren’t blooming. Just before I got back to the ship I bought a kimona. Kimonos are for women and kimonas are for men.
In Hiroshima, a U.S B-29 bomber by the name of Enola Gay released the first nuclear bomb on August 6th 1945. This horrific explosion killed over 200,000 people and demonstrated the enormous power of nuclear weaponry. The most deaths in this tragedy were caused by the radiation left over by the bomb. When I was visiting, I took a trolley train to the Peace memorial park where I saw numerous monuments dedicated to world peace. One of the memorials was the peace flame, a flame that will only be extinguished when all nuclear weaponry on the planet is eliminated. Including the memorials and monuments, I saw the Atomic dome. The Atomic dome is a building that was destroyed by the atomic blast of the bomb because it was almost exactly at the point on the ground where the bomb exploded (Ground zero). All that remains of the structure is a few hunks of metal and concrete chunks and dust.
If I ever get another chance to go to Japan I would love to see Tokyo and to ride a bullet train!
In our time in Japan we went to two places, Osaka and Hiroshima. In Osaka we took the subway to Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794-1869. Also Kyoto was known as Heiankyo before its name was changed. In Kyoto we went to the Golden Pavilion, which was something that looked like a house, but part of it was made from gold! In addition to this we saw a shoguns palace called Nijojo Castle. Unfortunately, we couldn’t take pictures inside the palace but we got to take pictures outside and in the gardens, which were very well kept. During our time in Kyoto we spotted some sprouting cherry blossoms but due to the time of year they weren’t blooming. Just before I got back to the ship I bought a kimona. Kimonos are for women and kimonas are for men.
In Hiroshima, a U.S B-29 bomber by the name of Enola Gay released the first nuclear bomb on August 6th 1945. This horrific explosion killed over 200,000 people and demonstrated the enormous power of nuclear weaponry. The most deaths in this tragedy were caused by the radiation left over by the bomb. When I was visiting, I took a trolley train to the Peace memorial park where I saw numerous monuments dedicated to world peace. One of the memorials was the peace flame, a flame that will only be extinguished when all nuclear weaponry on the planet is eliminated. Including the memorials and monuments, I saw the Atomic dome. The Atomic dome is a building that was destroyed by the atomic blast of the bomb because it was almost exactly at the point on the ground where the bomb exploded (Ground zero). All that remains of the structure is a few hunks of metal and concrete chunks and dust.
If I ever get another chance to go to Japan I would love to see Tokyo and to ride a bullet train!
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