Back in Beijing
September 13th 2006 Arrived back in Beijing again, this time to see more of the sights than the hospitals......
On our first day back we went to the outskirts of the city to explore the Summer Palace which was where the imperial court used to retreat to in the summer to escape the heat of the city. It was in a lovely setting, surrounded by hills and had an enormous lake in the middle. We spent a relaxing day by
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