Thursday 17 May 2007

Beijing pics...

Gate of Heavenly Peace at Tianenmen Square
Entrance to the Forbidden City spoiled by hanging Mao's pics. Dipak's in Tianenmen Square at the moment, protesting to have it taken down!

The Marble Boat at Summer Palace
This was built by the Qing dynasty to show that they are unsinkable. But guess what happened to them?


Kunming Lake at Summer Palace
Marble rainbow bridge

The loooooong corridor at Summer Palace
750 metres long containing 35,000 paintings

Ringing the bell at Lama Temple
Dipak felt left out, but I had to explain sinners weren't allowed to ring the bell

The Lama Temple - Beijing
The biggest Buddhist temple outside Tibet

Kung Fu fighting in Beijing
She beat the hell out of me! Bruce Lee eat yer heartout

Inside the Forbidden City
Take a guess at which lion is male and which is female? The winner gets a free ticket to Japan to join us (hey, I'm not sure whether that's the booby prize!)



The Great Wall of China
A climb of almost 4,000 steps, hard work when it's 35 degrees! An amazing jawdropping view though. Picture is decieving as the steps go on forever.

Our first meal in China at the Far East International Youth Hostel

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