Cold Duck Walk-a-Thon

---

I took a quick hop to Beijing, China during Thanksgiving weekend with a couple of good friends. Looking back I realized that 4 days in Beijing was not enough to actually see the whole city but we walked (and there was a lot of walking involved) way with a great appreciation for the Chinese culture of balancing economic growth and old world tradition. Being part Chinese, going to the mother land for the first time was an amazing experience that I will never forget. Another thing I won't forget is how cold it was there in November. That wind just cuts right through what ever you got on. The only time we took off our jackets was after making it up to one of the Great Wall towers. By then we were sweating like pigs.

Besides talking in the Chinese culture, my other motive to visit China was to try the world famous Peking duck. Man, the slices of Peking duck (crispy skin and meat) on a potato pancake served with Beijing onions and a dash of Ho sin sauce was heavenly. Trust me, it was worth the 8+ miles that we accumulated on foot in the Forbidden City, Tienanmen Square, Great Wall of China, Summer Palace, and the Temple of Heaven. Also did I mentioned it was very cold?

Any way here are a bunch of pictures from BJ, hope they will interest you in wanting to visit the city one of these days. The summer Olympic games will be there in 2008 so make sure you reserve your tickets and hotel if you are planning to attend. Cheers.

---

Photos

Hard Rock Cafe Beijing
Catchy Logo

Guitar Bar
@ the HRC

HRC Ceiling mural
The great ones

The Chairman (not Frank)
Between the Beatles and Jimmy, there was Mao.

Wal Mart
Didn't really see if it things were cheaper here

WONDERLAND
A Disney Land project that went belly up.

The Nest
Olympic stadium, crazy design

Bar Street
There were about 40 or so bars there, cool thing was that you could barter on how much the beers would cost you before entering them.

Swinging ropes
Chinese Acrobatic show

Temple of Heaven
A place where the locals hung out

Temple of Heaven hacky game
Old and young people hackying it up

Tienanmen Square
The largest public area in the world

Blocking the Chairman
Sorry about, but again his image is everywhere.

Marker
Gateway to Beijing Marker at Tienanmen Square

Olympic 2008
Counting down across from Tienanmen Square

Not so happy kid
It was cold and she had to walk the whole Square

Comments

[Joan]

Nice Photos~
^_^~~anyway u let me wait a long time~~~ still nice photos~u went a lot of places,i'm jealous of you~^_^ Hope i can see u soon~~

[tony]

WoW
Great pics... seems like your having a blast, keep it up and take care. Laterz.