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Asia » China » Beijing » Forbidden City
September 21st 2006
Published: September 26th 2006
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This is really part two of the last blog, but while the last one was devoted to the city of Beijing, this covers our trips to the main toooorist attractions: The Forbidden City (which was knock yur socks off sort of stuff), the Temple of Heaven (which was... round and templey with crackin' gardens and, of course Mr Dragon) and finallly, our trip to the Great Wall (which was socks right off, feet i... Read Full Entry



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Bob & Vik
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Years of staring at maps, debating routes, saving money and boring anyone in earshot with constantly changing plans finally culminated in our D-Day. 28th August 2006. The day that Vik and Bob went global. Having made it to New Zealand without taking a single flight, we reached the conclusion that neither our finances nor our sea legs could stomach another container ship journey so we've cheated and taken a flight from New Zealand to Bangkok. From Bangkok we hope to stick with the overland theme and take a route home through Southern Asia: China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey... U... full info
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We conquered all these MountainsWe conquered all these Mountains
We conquered all these Mountains
Crumbly Old DoorwayCrumbly Old Doorway
Crumbly Old Doorway
Bricks don't fall on your head though and they used to push horses through here... or something.
Jumpers ParadiseJumpers Paradise
Jumpers Paradise
Its a long way down from this old window.
Archways of the Great WallArchways of the Great Wall
Archways of the Great Wall
You can never have too many photo's of arches.
Landscaped by MonetLandscaped by Monet
Landscaped by Monet
Precariously balanced crumbly bitPrecariously balanced crumbly bit
Precariously balanced crumbly bit
Views that go foreverViews that go forever
Views that go forever
I could see Edinburgh from here. It was raining and Hearts had lost again.
This Mongol was not going to be kept outThis Mongol was not going to be kept out
This Mongol was not going to be kept out
Deep ValleyDeep Valley
Deep Valley



26th September 2006

Po
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Jambo comment
Re photo no. 28 - Heararts are now on an unstoppable winning streak...... Aberdeen felt the power...
26th September 2006

Po
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Mistake
That should have read 'Hearts'....
25th January 2009

anonymous
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hi, just discovered your blog while reading donna and neil's. loving you guys work so far! i'm chinese myself so i can say with some authority that they're "husband and wife". male around 45, female about 35. fact.

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