Good Old Kaifeng, An Ancient Capital
"The Iron Pagoda"
Actually, it's made of bricks. Who cares! If pagodas are your passion then you have to stop in Kaifeng while in Henan province and climb this baby. It's always an extra fee to climb pagodas in China but the money goes toward maintenance to keep them from tipping over when you lean for a panorama shot from the top.
"Look up!"
I possess a lot of these "looking up" photos of pagodas. I must have one for every pagoda in China. It makes them look bigger and taller and that is attractive to some people so I persevere in proudly producing periodic perpendicular pagoda pictures as part of a particularly peculiar pastime.
"Close up shot of animated brickwork"
Plenty of pretty pictures and patterns!

The Huang He (Yellow River), on our way to Kaifeng
The lake
Lively Kaifeng
Scroll my photo up and down! (optical illusion)