Forbidden City

Entrance to the Inner Courts

Day 1 in Beijing - Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and The Lama Temple

February 24th 2012
Our first day in Beijing. We had not anticipated how cold the city would be; as low as 30F! Walking around the Forbidden City and the Lama Temple helped warm us up a little. We missed the Temple of Heaven due to some misrepresentation on a guide book map, but still a full first day! ... read more

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Chris and Cheri Wardle

Meatless travelers

We are management consultants from San Francisco. We travel a whole lot for work, but that is nowhere near as much fun as traveling together to countries we have always wanted to visit. We embarked on a 3 month trip around the Asia Pacific in 2012, and used this blog to post pictures and (some) comments for friends and family that want to follow our travels, including our 2-3 week trip around India in an auto-rickshaw! Nearly a year from our 3 month trip, we have again hit the road for a "de-toxing" trip into the mountains and valleys of Patagonia in Argentina and Chile...... full info

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