http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Beijing , Forbidden City en-us Thu, 10 Dec 09 17:58:46 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 09 17:58:46 +0000 Ich habe die Verbotene Stadt in Peking besucht. Das mit dem Video hat leider nicht geklappt. Aber ich wnsche viel Spass beim Fotos schauen http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-455001.html Our final full day in Beijing we had reserved for Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. They werenrsquot far from where we were staying and it was only two stops via metro to get there. Tiananmen Square is a really really REALLY big square. It looks big on TV and in pictures but the full scale of it doesnrsquot hit you until yoursquore standing in it and it seems to stretch on forever. Ot http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-448810.html Probably not the best time to visit during the month long celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Communist Party. The FC was packed with tourists some of which could not resist touching bumping and the usual pushing. Personal space is hardly that and about as rare as a square of toilet paper in a public restroom bring your own...We took a quick walk through of the rather large complex http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-448612.html Ja nu fr vi vl se om det funkar http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-448077.html The Forbidden City http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-448011.html A couple of weekends ago was our trip to the Forbidden City which of course is a very famous and popular site in Beijing. After being here for a couple of months I have attained quite a bit of knowledge on the significance of this site so naturally I was stoked to go. I wanted to have an image some sort of physical picture into which I could place all of the power secrecy change revolution http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/blog-448001.html Today we visited Tianrsquoanmen Square and the Forbidden City. We started with a bus ride downtown then walked 12 miles to Tianrsquoanmen Square. On our way we passed an elaborate structure with a few soldiers standing outside along with a few men dressed in suits. We asked Yuehua what it was. Her answer The Chairmanrsquos residence. It was just so unexpected and had little fanfare http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-446698.html On the Friday the opening ceremonies were held for the new Tibetan Research Center at the Palace Museum. The location was what seemed like a remote location on the grounds behind a temple built by Emperor Chenlung. The temple is quite unique in that the outer architecture is completely Chinese but inside the four floors are decorated with murals depicting the iconography of the four classes of T http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-445863.html The first full day of papers is over. There were some good papers and the usual number of drop dead boring papers. We had the group photograph taken this morning during the coffee break. I will post it when I get a copy. This evening we had our welcoming banquet replete with plates of simmering duck heart and intestines. Yes there was the rest of the duck and duck soup but all I could think of wa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-445791.html Just woke up from my 2nd nights sleep in Beijing.It turned windy and cooler yesterday afternoon. I remembered from previous years that the weather always turns in mid to late October so I brought warm clothes mostly in layers.China blocks Google internet Blogs and whatever other blogs it thinks are a national threat. So I won be posting any daily reports with Google. I will try and keep a daily http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-445728.html Not Bad For Our First Day...For some reason apostrophies are not showing up in this blog so forgive the funky words that should have an apostrophe but dont. Case in point. Welcome to China ha ha Also this is the first blog with more than one page of photos so make sure you click the next button above to view the rest of them From now on there will probably be multiple pages of photo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-445455.html Hi allWe figure that an entry a day might be a bit boring for yous so as soon as we leave Beijing we will do one every couple of days we are just so excited to be away and so much to do that we have got carried awayWe actually managed to get up early this morning about 8ish the new American's next door to us had just arrived and they were trying their bests to wake everyone up.We left about 1 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-438139.html I was unable to go to the Forbidden City as planned on the 18th as they had shut down Tian'amen to rehearse the 60th Anniversary celebrations. I went to the Summer Palace instead it was ok but wasn't too impressed really. I called it an early night and decided to go to Tian'amen on Saturday Instead. I actually bit the bullet and took the subway gasp to Tian'amen Sq. I figured why pay 23 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-437915.html Hi all.Had a bit of a lie in today as I didnrsquot sleep much last night think it was the jet lag catching up that and Russellrsquos snoring. Legs are a bit sore from our Great Wall trip but well worth it. Planned to do something different today but because itrsquos the 60th anniversary of the PRC on 1st Oct we were advised to go to the Forbidden City as it will be closed tomorrow. T http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-437287.html Hi AllBoom Boom We have arrived in Beijing safe and sound. Weather is lovely about 30'C sun splitting the sky.We arrived about 10.30 Chinese time.We are staying in a nice little courtyard hotel it is within walking distance from the shopping precinct Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square.We went for a walk to the top tourist destination this morning and took some pics awesome. Will go bac http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-436742.html Hello EverybodyWe slept in this morning so didnrsquot bother with our lessons unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at ithellipAnyway we took the opportunity to sleep in because wersquore getting a bit desperate for sleep now with all the walking we did yesterday at the Temple of Heaven. We got up at about 1100 and relaxed around the house a bit and eventually left to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-436235.html I decided to visit Beijing again to explore a little more. Mostly to visit the Forbidden City. And it was a good opportunity to have a break before the onset of Summer Holidays and full time work at our school. 6 days a week for 6 weeks. Gee I was getting used to 3 days a week work.I stayed at a different place this time southwest of Tian'anmen called The Emperor's Guest House. Difficult to fin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-434432.html Day 1 August 15 2009Itrsquos Saturday morning and I have just enough time to do final jobs around the property such as inoculating lambs with my friend Bob Frater thankyou Bob. Then I'm off to Pahia to catch the bus to Auckland to start a trip to the UK via Beijing. All on a weekend that Auckland play Northland in Kerikeri. Still Irsquom glad I missed the game because Auckland decim http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-429061.html Lying at the center of Beijing the Forbidden City called Gu Gong in Chinese was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Now known as the Palace Museum it is to the north of Tiananmen Square. Rectangular in shape it is the world's largest palace complex and covers 74 hectares. Surrounded by a six meter deep moat and a ten meter high wall are 9999 rooms. The wall has a gate on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-424850.html So our first week of travel is over ... tear. We arrived in Beijing without a hitch. One of my students was on our flight so we got a ride to our hotel with her dad. We started out the adventure at Tiamenan Square. It turns out that many Chinese haven't seen giant white peeps so Den and I turned into immediate celebrities. People were sneaking pictures of us left right and centre and the brave http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Beijing/Forbidden-City/blog-421627.html