{"id":4228,"date":"2016-01-24T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2016-01-24T09:00:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T14:00:42","slug":"rocks-and-ice-in-shandong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/rocks-and-ice-in-shandong\/","title":{"rendered":"ROCKS AND ICE IN SHANDONG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0146.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4229 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0146.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0146\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>We travelled to Tai&#8217;an to see the mountains. It is a less popular attraction during the winter. But I do have to say that it is worth going to. The waters streaming from the mountains are frozen and it offers a spectacular sight to behold. The rock formations are stunning with its vibrant colours and textures.<\/p>\n<p>#breathtaking #China #landscape #mountains #hiking #nature #beauty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0145.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4230 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0145.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0145\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0147.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4231 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0147.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0147\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0130.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4232 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0130.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0130\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0140.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4234 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0140.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0140\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0155.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4235 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0155.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0155\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0156.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0182.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4242 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0182.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0182\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0190.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4243 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0190.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0190\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0197.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4244 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0197.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0197\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0201.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4246 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0201.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0201\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0204.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4247 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0204.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0204\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0210.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4248 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0210.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0210\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0232.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4249 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0232.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0232\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0111.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4250 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/AndreaMai_Taian-0111.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Taian-0111\" width=\"1090\" height=\"727\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We travelled to Tai&#8217;an to see the mountains. It is a less popular attraction during the winter. But I do have to say that it is worth going to. The waters streaming from the mountains are frozen and it offers a spectacular sight to behold. The rock formations are stunning with its vibrant colours and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,21,1],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-travel","category-uncategorized","tag-china"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4167,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/buried-in-snow\/","url_meta":{"origin":4228,"position":0},"title":"BURIED IN SNOW- CHANG BAI MOUNTAIN","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"January 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Our tour took us to Chang Bai Mountain, which is along the North Eastern coastline that borders North Korea. 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