The Great Beijing


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June 24th 2006
Published: July 14th 2006
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From Shanghai we headed straight to Beijing. By this stage, our travels in China were starting to feel like a city tour as all we seemed to be seeing was congestion and high rise buildings. Beijing is huge and already undergoing a lot of contruction and maintence in preparation for the 2008 Olympics. In fact, we even saw a massive coundown clock, counting the years, months, days, hours, minutes an... Read Full Entry



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The Temple of Heaven 2The Temple of Heaven 2
The Temple of Heaven 2

I asked Catherine how we should pose and she said: "think of heaven!" and this is how the photo turned out!
Nature AppreciationNature Appreciation
Nature Appreciation

This grass was so beautiful after all the city smog
Tree HuggersTree Huggers
Tree Huggers

We may have gotten a bit carried away
Chinese AcrobaticsChinese Acrobatics
Chinese Acrobatics

This beats any circus I've ever seen!
Amazing AgilityAmazing Agility
Amazing Agility

These girls were spinning 5 plates in each hand and climbing on eachother shoulders and flipping... it was pretty cool



14th July 2006

May I have a cup a flower tea please?
15th July 2006

awesome
The wall looks absolutely awesome. Look forward to seeing it myself. Loved your sihouette photo in the framed shot. Great angles and subjects.

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