JuYongGuan (Great Wall), Imperial Way, Ming Tombs and Old Summer Palace

Highway to JuYongGuan	New stadium	Some new theme park outside Beijing	JuYongGuan (Great Wall)
JuYongGuan	JuYongGuan	JuYongGuan - Taxi driver asking for directions	Traffic sign
Road to Ming Tombs	Road to Ming Tomb	Road to Ming Tomb	Ming Tomb (do you feel safer shopping here?)
Ming Tomb museum	Ming Tomb museum	Ming Tomb museum	Ming Tomb museum
Ming Tomb museum	Imperial Way	Imperial Way	Imperial Way
Imperial Way	Imperial Way	Imperial Way	Imperial Way
Imperial Way	Imperial Way	Imperial Way	Taxi meter when I returned to Beijing...I paid only 400 yuan, as I had negoiated before we left. Not bad for 8 hour drive
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan - they mean THIS wall, not THE wall!!!	Juyong Guan - I kept on going for another 3 hours....this was too low for me to stop at	Juyong Guan
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan - a tight squeeze to get down the tower stairs	"I thought I'd deface a national monument for you dear, do you think anyone will mind or even notice?" LOL
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan - me at the top of the first half	Juyong Guan - see if she can do it, why did all the other 95%plus turn back and not go to the top of the wall section we were on
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan - top of the tower	Juyong Guan-grafetti	Juyong Guan-grafetti
Juyong Guan-the walk down	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan - some steep steps	Juyong Guan - a local farm
Juyong Guan - a local farm	Juyong Guan - a local farm	Juyong Guan - a local farm	Juyong Guan - yes it is steep
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan-canon	Juyong Guan-canon	Juyong Guan-handless warriors
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan
Juyong Guan - the girls were shouting for me to run up the stairs to them	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan - my new little friends, they wanted to practise their English, which was quite good, as was their mums' English
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan - even more steep steps	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan
Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan	Juyong Guan
Ming Tombs	Ming Tombs	Ming Tombs - not a tomb, but a postbox, near Beijing, November 2005	Ming Tombs
Ming Tombs	Ming Tombs	Ming Tombs	Ming Tombs
Ming Tombs	Ming Tombs	Ming Tombs	Ming Tombs
Ming Tombs	Ming Tombs	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace
YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace
YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	Sorry, I thought this was funny advert to find in a garden	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace - more cats	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace
The river is run dry in winter it seems...as are some of the lakes	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace
YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace
YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace
YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	Schooling Koi	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace
More schooling Koi, is this natural or just in China?	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace	YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace
YuanMingYuan_Old Summer Palace