I didn’t have as good a camera as I do now, so looking at this picture sort of makes me cringe at how blurry it is, but it’s the best picture I have of how beautiful downtown Kaifeng was at night.

The bird park in Zhengzhou. Another one of the kind of things that would never happen in the States.

That Kaifeng zoo again.

Kaifeng has a zoo. It’s not as sketchy as you would think it would be.

At least, I think those are mountain lions.

This is a taste of why the Beijing Zoo is actually really depressing. The big cats hardly have any room to move around. It’s like a prison.

A monkey. A pissed off monkey. Sitting on top of a ram. That’s pulling a cart. With a small child in it. Who thought this was a good idea?

Oh, and technically this is another photo taken by my mom.

Some fish from the Beijing aquarium, the largest indoor aquarium in the world. Though, to be honest, there were no cephalopods (that I saw). And no jelly fish. So, it may be the largest, but without big tenticalled things, it can’t possibly be the greatest.

That one fish is blowing kisses at me.

This is the camel at Millenium City. With a bow on his head. A big, red bow.

This couple were posing for their wedding pictures at Hanyuan, an amusement park in Kaifeng.

I love that dude in the background.

From what I have seen, Chinese couples like to wear western style clothing for their wedding ceremonies, and then traditional Chinese dress at the reception.

 What can I say, lanterns are pretty.

 This picture is from Qing Ming Shang He Yuan, aka Millenium City, an amusement park in Kaifeng. The park itself is a recreation of a famous painting of Kaifeng from when it was Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.