八大处 (8 Great Sites)

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One Sunday I visited 8 great Buddhist sites in Beijing's Western Hills. One of the public bus lines goes directly to Badachu so it was really easy to get to in 1.5 hours. I had a nice time, but I was kind of disappointed that the sites were kind of within the mountains and there wasn't a clear way to a mountain peak with a nice view.

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Photos

Beijing
It looks the same as it does from Xiangshan.

Some characters I wrote in calligraphy class
This is seal script, says the Asian Art History Ph.D. student. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_script
I love it. I really like how the water character 水 looks in it!

Dinner with Sally and Qian Qian!
I met up with Sally and Qian Qian and didn't take any pictures except of the dog on the menu that we did not order.

In the student dorm convenience store...
You can buy alcohol! Without an I.D.! La Verde's take note!!