Chester Liu's Travel Journal:
Chester Liu of Marlboro, New Jersey has traveled to many interesting places around the world in recent
years. In September, 2008, he traveled to Tibet, China. Upon returning from his recent trip, he put together a
beautiful photo journal which he has been very generous to share with viewers. His photo journal is called
Mysterious Tibet which contains four sections and can be viewed separately:
TB1. Introduction: Landscape of Tibet, Yamdro Yum Tso, the Mother River Yarlung Zangbo and her banks,
and a warm Tibetan Welcome (Time-11:08). Click Tibet1 to view TB1.
TB2. The Potala Palace and Norbulin Ka: Dalai's summer and winter palaces (Time-12:42). Click Tibet2 to
view TB2.
TB3. Monasteries: Yumbu Lhakang, the Jokhang Temple and Barkhor (Time-15:08). Click Tibet3 to view
TB3.
TB4. Lhasa: City overview, business district, museum, and the Tibetan faces to remember (Time-8:26). Click
Tibet4 to view TB4.
Chester's trip to Yunnan can be viewed by clicking YN1 through YN7 below to download the files from this
website to your computer for viewing at your own pace. Have fun.
1. YN1 - Overview (10:07) 70 MB:
Ethnic people; Pu’er or Bolay Tea; Old tea and horse Route; Architecture;
Village and Countryside.
2. YN2 - Kunming (8:25) 55MB - City of Eternal Spring
Green Lake Park; Yunnan Army Academy; Daguan Park; Suburban Kunming;
Burma Road.
3. YN3 - Stone Forest and Jiuxiang (11:33) 79MB
Stone Forest – Known since the Ming Dynasty (1368 AD), the first wonder of the world JiuXiang –
Largest Karst Caves in China, has about 100 caves, with lakes, gorges, in-cave landscape, and walkways
4. YN4 - Dali (7:51) 51MB – Ancient capital city
Chongsheng Monastery and three Pagodas; Old Town, with 4000 years of history;
Erhai and its Islands; Mother Shayi – mother of all mothers for all tribes
5. YN5 - Li-Jiang (8:20) 55MB
Old Town Li-Jiang; Tongba Ideogram; Mu Chieftain’s complex; Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
6. YN6 - Black Dragon Pool (8:34) 65MB – the origin of Naxi culture
Black Dragon Pool; Mu family temple; Yu-Suie-Zai; Shuhe Ancient Town
7. YN7 – Shangri-La and Three-River Region (9:23) 60 MB
Three Rivers; The first bend of Yangtse/Tiger Leaping Gorge;
Plateau Reds – Red flowers on Plateau; Zhong-dian (Shangri-La)
After his trips to Aushwitz/Birkenau and Greece, Chester has created the following two presentations:
1) Aushwitz/Birkenau and 2) Ancient Greek Art.
He also created a presentation of Autumn in his home town, Marlboro, NJ in following list #3
1. EE1- Aushwitz/Birkenau (6:42) – One of the worst human tragedies in the twentieth century, (the WW II.)
Have we (humankind) learned the lesson?
2. GR1- Ancient Greek Art – Sculpture and Architecture (12:00) - An introduction to the ancient Greek
sculpture that profoundly influenced the Buddhist art in India and China in third century BC after Alexander
the Great's invasion into India; Also the pre-Greek Mycenae civilization comparing to Ancient Chinese
Oracles.
3. LU1 – Reflection of autumn -2008 My towns – Turkey Swamp Park at Freehold; and one mile morning
walk in Marlboro (8:30)
Silk Road in China from Xian to Urumqi (2004)
1. SR1-Xian – Old City Wall, Terra Cotta Museum, Xuan-zhuang and Great Wild Goose Pagoda , Hua-
shan. Time - 8:00, File size - 37 MB
2. SR2-Urumqi – Gobi desert, Gaochang and Jiaohe ancient Cities, Heavenly Lake, and Flaming
Mountain. Time - 7:18, File size – 45 MB
3. SR3-Dunhuang – the Jewel of Silk Road, Mogao Caves, Echoing Sands Mountain and Yang-guan.
Time - 9:09, File size – 53 MB
4. SR4-JiaYuGuan – The Western end of the Great Wall. Time - 6:04, file size – 34 MB
5. SR5-Lanzhou – Geographic center of China, Liu-Jia-xia and Bingling Grottoes. Time – 7:08, file size –
50 MB
6. SR6-Xining – Kumbum Tibetan Monastery, the Dongguan Mosque, and Kokonor or Qinghai Lake, and
Tibetan Culture Orientation. Time – 8:00, file size – 55MB
Tetouan, Morocco
New York Times Magazine (11/26/2007) reported that many young men, from the town of Tetouan, Morocco,
were involved in the Madrid Train Bombing on 3/11/2004. They also went to Iraq as the “Jihadis” or the
sacred fighters.
The question is “Why?”
SP7-Morocco (a Muslim country): The old town Tetouan probably will give you a glimpse that may provide
a clue. Time: 8:00
South America Travelogue:
Chester's trip to South America, including Chile, Argentina and Peru, are shown below. Simply click the
highlighted words will allow you to view his wmv presentations. Have fun and enjoy them.
A. Chile, Argentina, and Patagonia (Ch01 to Ch06)
1. Chile – Santiago, Wine country, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Puerto Montt, Puerto Varas (Time - 12:40):
ChileCities
2. Lake Crossing from Puerto Varas to Bariloche – Lake Llanquihue, Lake Frias, Lake Nahuel Huapi (Time -
10:00): Patagonia
3. Bariloche, Argentina – Patagonia Steppe, Town Square, and Campanario Hill (Time - 11:10) : Bariloche
4. Buenas Aires – Rio de la Plata, Historical areas, Recoleta Cemetary, La Boca, and the Tango (Time – 09:
30): BuenasAires
The Argentine Tango (3 minutes) is for boys and girls with dancing shoes on, or the ladies who like to hang
up-side-down.
5. Parana Delta, La Concepcion school (Time - 6:12): ParanaDelta
6. Mozart and Patagonia Lakes – Piano Concerto #21 - Andante. I painted these pictures for Mozart, just for
your pleasure (Time – 8:00): PatagoniaLakes
B. Peru- The Old Inca Empire (P01 to P05)
1. Lima – Historic Center/Business and Middle Class districts/Shanty Town/Adobe Pyramid (Time - 10:33):
Lima
2. Machupichu – the Ridges and Peaks/Inca Ruins/Sun Temple/Clouds and Sun/Aguas Calientes (Time - 11:
21): Machupichu
3. Sacred Valley – Urumbamba Valley/Inca Trail/Railroad and Urubamba River/Ollantaytambo Fortress and
Village (Time - 11:24): SacredValley
4. Cuzco – Plaza Armas/Corikancha/Sacsayhuaman Fortress/ Kenko the Labyrinth Temple (Time – 11:15):
Cuzco
5. Market – Shaman/Arts and Crafts/People and Faces to remember (Time - 8:20): Market
The Inca Empire was from the period 1200 to 1535. Before this, there were Nasca culture and Chimu
civilization, known for the Adobe (mud bricks) Pyramy and Palaces. Novertheless, none of these civilizations
developed "written languages", but a lot of ruins, which are like cultural fossils, all presented in front of us.
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