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Clams

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Right on the main food street downtown (i.e. not on the “second,” smaller food street.

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Travel Theme: Transformation

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This week Ailsa of Where’s My Backpack challenges bloggers to share photos that express “transformation.”

Hmmm. This required a lot of thought and I’m not delighted with my choice, but fire does transform these incense sticks to ash. The religious symbolism is one of change and purification.

If you would like to join in (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:

  1. Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Transformation
  2. Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
  3. Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
  4. Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on the latest weekly travel themes. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity

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Bridge, DaMing Lake
Bridge, DaMing Lake

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog <strong>(a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced. 2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag. 3. Follow The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements, and subscribe to our newsletter – we’ll highlight great photos from each month’s most popular challenge.

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Confucian Temple

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Confucian Temple, Jinan
Confucian Temple, Jinan

This Confucian temple is just south of Daming Lake. You can enter either in front of Daming Lake or by the front entrance, which you get to by walking north on Food Street. Don’t try this on the weekend when hordes of people jam Food Street, which is really more of an alley! It’s a small temple and doesn’t take long to walk around.

The entrance says there’s a 10 yuan entry fee, but they don’t always collect it.

Travel Theme: Golden

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Lots of jewelry stores in China sell figures like this
Lots of jewelry stores in China sell figures like this

Each week Ailsa of Where’s My Backpack? challenges bloggers with a creative prompt. Last  week we were suppose to post photos inspired by “Golden.”

What arches have you seen? If you want to join the fun, follow these steps:

  • Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Golden
  • Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
  • Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
  • Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on the latest weekly travel themes. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS!

Check out Where’s My Backpack for more photos interpreting “Golden.”

Weekly Photo Challenge: Twinkle

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1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced. 2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag. 3. Follow The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements, and subscribe to our newsletter – we’ll highlight great photos from each month’s most popular challenge.

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