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Bullet train crashes in China; at least 35 killed 
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Lightning strikes a high-speed train, which loses power and is rear-ended by another train on an elevated track in Wenzhou. The safety of the national network has been called into question after a corruption scandal.
 
By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times
 
July 24 2011
 
Reporting from Beijing -- At least 35 people were killed and scores were injured Saturday when a bullet train in eastern China lost power after being struck by lightning and was rear-ended by another train, state news media reported. 
 
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Begin pre-trip in Shanghai - May 21-25, 2011

Our Guide and "Little Mama":

Our Sticky Rice Group pictures:

Tom and Nancy:

Jim & Suzanne

Sai & Marion

Steve & Linda

Erika:

Margaret

Barbara

Audrey

Kathy and Marshall:

Chuck and Marilyn:

Kathy & Jim (where's Suzanne)

Locals in Shanghai Area

Shanghai at Night Video:

Begin City Tour Videos:

Say Hello:

Meet Andy:

Video Tour of Yu Garden (first of 3 parts):

In the Shanghai Museum

Zhu Jia Jiao village cruise:

Zhu Jia Jiao village canal

Bullet train to Suzhou:

Suzhou Canal:

Suzhou "wet" Market

Silk Factory Tour:

Ou Garden - Suzhou (Shanghai)

Shanghai People Pictures

Hi Everyone, Tom here. What I have decided to do with my pictures is to post most of the key people shots of our group, plus some other folks directly to the blog, but I will post the full files of my pictures to my Kodak site and only post a link to Kodak in the blog. That way, and with the blog already getting sooooooo large (as Marshall says, it takes five minutes already to get to the end of it just when scrolling), I won't overwhelm it with my large files. The Kodak site is real good, by the way, and you can download full data files should anyone want a specific photo. Great job so far with the blog by the way. Chuck, you are really pulling together a super record of our trip here -- well done. And well done to all who have viewed and participated in the blog so far. Captain Tom

Shanghai