Pictures from Beijing Tourist Stops

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Finally as promised. I will start posting pitures.

These are pictures from a couple of days in the Beijing area. These are some of the tourist type spots we hit.

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Photos

Tiananmen Square
Our first day and our first stop.

Girl at Square
I asked to take a picture of this girl, she then brought her whole family over to have their picture taken with me.

Forbidden City
The emperor's thrown. The only movie made within the Forbidden City was the "Last Emperor".

Forbidden City Renovation
Lots of renovations on the Square and within the city.

Figures on Forbidden City Roof
Each of these figures were different and each represented some mythical creature that would protect the royal family.

Sign in Forbidden City
This sign was outside one of the buildings in the Forbidden City. Note the sponsor's name.

Column in Forbidden City
There were columns like this everywhere. Note the beautiful detail.

Olympics Opening Ceremony Structure
This picture was taken through the smog and a bus window, but I think you can see the structure okay.

Another View of Opening Olympics Structure
We were told that each piece is manufactured in a factory and only assembled on site since each piece is unique.

Great Wall
This is a good picture to see how the wall goes on and on.

Great Wall
Another picture of the Great Wall.

Vendor's on Great Wall
Here some of the vendors are trying to get Mike to purchase some of their wares.

World View Friends on Great Wall
Here a few of the great people I met on the trip.

Proof
Here I am at the end of the Great Wall. Just kidding. There is more after this section. It is just that there is a portion that has been destroyed or eroded through time.

Boat to Summer Palace
Here is a picture of the boat we took over to the Summer Palace. Gorgeous!

Marble Boat at Summer Palace
No, the Marble Boat does not float and was never intended to.

Beautiful Detail on Marble Boat
Note the beautiful detail on the boat.

Making of Silk Rug
It takes two or three people working full time a couple of years to complete one full size silk rug.

Supper
Here is an example of how we ate.

Rickshaw Ride
Here we are in a rickshaw getting ready to ride through the Hutong and have supper at a family's house.

Hutong Supper
Here we are at the home of Mr and Mrs Wong.

Comments

[mary sackie]

pics
Thank you for all the gorgeous pictures.

[eric kane]

WOW!
Just to see and touch and say been there seen that and have a T shirt to prove it. Isn't it amazing how different we are but how much the same. thanks. GBY

[Peter M.]

Great Job.
Bambi, Nice work on your blog and journal! It brought back some great memories. I appreciate your perspective, facts and pictures. Best, Peter

[demogon]

the great fire wall of china
Well the great firewall is an way for the goverment to limit the availability of information that is available for the people to see. ther are guards tha watch people in public areas and the Chinese goverment has asked Yahoo Google and other providers of internet information to help limit the avaialbility of the restricted source to the people of china. i would not want to live in a place where i had no freedom to look at things in te=he proivacy of my home for fear that the goverment would arrest me and put me in jail. Witch does happen because of the people that sit in a room and their job is to monitor what other people are doing on the internet. Who said the internet was a free source of knoledge?