Beijing to Xi'an
May 29th 2006 Our first destination in China was Beijing. The city is full of temples which we made every effort to see:- the newly restored Temple of Heaven with it's brightly coloured shrines, the Lama temple which is home to many monks, and of course the Forbidden City, a huge city of temples and relic museums.
We visited Chairman Mao's Mausoleum in Tiananamen Square where we were ushered quickly through
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