Imagineered

One of the things that wore me down most about living in Shanghai was my inability to escape into nature.  I loved being able to hike up into the forested hills around the West Lake.
A stone path vying with Nature.  This place was either my own personal paradise or immaculately Imagineered.  This rivals anything the U.S. National Park Service did in the 1960s.
A panoramic view of the lake and distant mountains from the top of hill.More interweaving of path and Nature.
This is one of the many caves that dot this forest.  Although, most of the caves have become shrines.
Like this one.  And this one…
…with a dragon sculpture and pavilion looking down from above.  Damn you, Chinese Imagineers!  Moss-covered “stone” giving way to rebar?  The spell is broken!