Beiling Park - Paddle Boats - Zhaoling Tomb - Chinese Laundry

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Today and tonight, we picked up our laundry at a local shop, taken the metro north to Beiling Park, a famous, 3.3 million square meter public space, got on a random vehicle within the park taking us to 'who-knows-where' (turned out to be the opposite end of the park, which was a good idea)visited the Zhaoling Tombs, had cotton candy, rented a paddle boat, had tea in the Club Lounge at the Sofitel, and finished off with a dinner at Western restaurant "Olive's" where we met the chef and had a very nice dinner.

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Photos

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At the entrance to Beiling park.

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Careful, apparently there is a season to execute people in slacks...

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We got on board this vehicle without having a slight idea of where it was going...

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Success! Wow...we have been looking for this product since we found it a week or more ago. Totally refreshing, and inexpensive. Popsicles of unknown flavor but very nice.

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The view from our paddle boat - and you can see a yellow version of our bright red one ahead of us. We did not crash. In fact we became expert paddleboaters on this lake.

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Here we are - in our first ever Chinese Paddleboat Selfie.

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No helmets for motorcylclists but in a 5-foot lake they have you wear life jackets. Go figure.

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Please to read the glorious sign.