Epcot Center - Disney World (Part 3)

As we crossed over from Germany into China, we went through the Outpost. This picture is of the Outpost. It wasn't very big, just a few huts with shops in them, etc.

My Mother-in-Law actually stopped at one of the little outside huts/shops and bought both her and I each a cute bracelet, since we both like that kind of thing. The bracelets are made out of recycled paper from the Disney World Parks. The paper gets sent over to Africa, where women who need work use the paper to make jewelry. Then that jewelry is sent back to the Disney World Parks and is sold. The money that they get for the jewelry is then sent back to Africa to help those women and their families to have a better life. Carolyn & I both felt good about supporting the cause....not to mention that we both got cute bracelets out of it! I thought it was a great idea.....a great use of the paper instead of wasting it, and helping out people who are in need in the process. :)

There were too many people crowded around waiting to cross to get a picture of it, but the drawbridge was up just before we went over into China. They were bringing this huge, metal globe down the river in preparation for the light show and fireworks that were to take place on the lake in a few hours....later that evening after it got dark. (Unfortunately, we didn't stay to see it....although I would have liked to have seen it.) The globe is covered in hundreds of lights so that it lights up in the dark.

Here we are crossing over into China. As you can imagine....I have a huge list still of places and countries that I would love to travel to in the future. Asia is also on that list. I would LOVE to see China and Japan both! These next few pictures are of China.

One more post should finish up Epcot.......:)