Beijing - Sights and Adventures

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The view from our hotel room at The Beijing International. Was a beautiful clear day!	The view from the hotel again	Our hotel room... very comfy	The outside of the hotel
Statues at the Panjiayuan Antique Markets	Statues at the Panjiayuan Antique Markets	Statues at the Panjiayuan Antique Markets	Statues at the Panjiayuan Antique Markets
Statues at the Panjiayuan Antique Markets	Lamp shop at the Panjiayuan Antique Markets	Traditional furniture shop at the Panjiayuan Antique Markets	Traditional furniture shop at the Panjiayuan Antique Markets
Nic-nak stalls at the Panjiayuan Antique Markets	Nic-nak stalls at the Panjiayuan Antique Markets	Great Beijing architecture...	The Southern People's gate of the Forbidden City, opposite Tiananmen Square
The Southern People's gate of the Forbidden City, opposite Tiananmen Square	Chairman Mao's Portrait on the Southern People's gate of the Forbidden City, opposite Tiananmen Square	Tiananmen Square with Chairman Mao's Mausoleum tower between the national flag pole and the People's Great Hall	Chairman Mao's Portrait on the Southern People's gate of the Forbidden City, opposite Tiananmen Square
Hi-Tech Tiananmen with giant plasma screens	Danny and Sammy at Tiananmen Square	Beijing sunset from Tiananmen Square	The national flag lowering ceremony at sunset, Tiananmen Square
The national flag lowering ceremony at sunset, Tiananmen Square	The national flag lowering ceremony at sunset, Tiananmen Square	The flag comes down over Chairman Mao	The entry to out Hotel's street
The Hotel at night	The gardens along Olympic Boulevard	Olympic Boulevard street lights and the Bird's Nest Stadium	The Bird's Nest Stadium... Amazing structure!
Sammy and the Bird's Nest Stadium	Danny and the Bird's Nest Stadium	The Olympic Pagoda	The Water Cube
The Bird's Nest up close	The Olympic Pagoda	The Dragon Precinct. The Dragon's head is Bill Gate's home in China!	The Bird's Nest Stadium
Insence stalls near the Llama Temple	The beautiful avenue leading into the Llama Temple	Llama Temple, Beijing	Llama Temple, Beijing
Llama Temple, Beijing	Amazing paintwork at the Llama Temple, Beijing	Llama Temple, Beijing	Prayer bells at the Llama Temple, Beijing
Main shrine building housing an 18 metre high Buddha carved from a single piece of white sandalwood!	Monks at the Llama Temple, Beijing	Llama Temple, Beijing	Llama Temple, Beijing
Llama Temple, Beijing	Entry gate to the Llama Temple, Beijing	Moat around the Forbidden City	North Entry Gate to the Forbidden City
Emperor's Gardens Hill, opposite the north entry gate to the Forbidden City	Inside the Forbidden City	The Emperoress's Prayer Room, the Forbidden City	Imperial Gardens, the Forbidden City
Symbols of holiness, always an odd number, with 9 the highest number. This was an Emperor Only building, the Forbidden City	The Emperor's Wedding Chamber, and thereafter the Emperess's bedrom	The Royal Study with stamp/seal boxes around	The Royal Study
Inner courts, The Forbidden City	Gate to the Emperor's immediate family's quarters, The Forbidden City	Inner courts, The Forbidden City	Inner courts, The Forbidden City
The Nine Dragon Wall	Dragon depicting the Emperor on the nine Dragon wall, this is the only one to face outwards	Inner court of the Emperor's immediate family's quarters, The Forbidden City	The servants access lanes, the Forbidden City
Inner courts, The Forbidden City	Water urns, for fires and sacrifices	Inner courts, The Forbidden City	The People's Court, the Forbidden City
The People's Court, the Forbidden City	Danny and Sammy at the People's Court, the Forbidden City	The South Entry Gate to the Forbidden City, only the Emperor could pass through the middle gate	The South Entry Gate to the Forbidden City, only the Emperor could pass through the middle gate
Pavillions at the Temple of Heaven	Pavillions at the Temple of Heaven	The Temple of Heaven, the only buildings allowed to have blue roofs	Seven Star Stones (explanation in next picture)
Seven Star Stones explanation plaque	The Summer Palace lake and Prayer Pagoda	Reflection Walk... over 1km long!!! Summer Palace, Beijing	Painted detail in the Reflection Walk, Summer Palace, Beijing
The Emperor's Temple, Summer Palace, Beijing	The Emperor's Temple, Summer Palace, Beijing	Gate to the Emperor's Temple, Summer Palace, Beijing	The Water Gate, Summer Palace, Beijing
Out on the Lake, Summer Palace, Beijing	The Emperor's Temple, Summer Palace, Beijing	17 Arch Bridge, Summer Palace, Beijing	Danny and Sammy at the 17 Arch Bride, Summer Palace, Beijing
The Emperess's Pagoda, Summer Palace, Beijing	The Emperess's Pagoda, Summer Palace, Beijing	Dragon Boats, Summer Palace, Beijing	Dragon Boats, Summer Palace, Beijing
The Beijing Mask	On our way to the Great Wall, notice all the trees are painted to protect the trunks from the snow and frost	Sammy at the enameling factory on the way to the great wall, that vase is worth AUD$250,000!!!	Danny at the enameling factory, on the way to the Great Wall
Map of the Simatai Section of the Great Wall	The Great Wall Memorial Rock... we were heading right to the top behind where you can just make out the wall towers	The Chairlift... very rusty... very rickety... very freekin scary!!!	The Chairlift... very rusty... very rickety... very freekin scary!!!
The Chairlift... very rusty... very rickety... very freekin scary!!!	The Chairlift... very rusty... very rickety... very freekin scary!!! That is a loooong way down!!!	The Chairlift... very rusty... very rickety... very freekin scary!!!	The inclinator... up the next stage of the hill...
The inclinator again... you had to sit going backwards!!!	The first part of the walk... exhausting!!!	Danny on top of the Wall... on top of the world!!!	Up on the Great Wall, that was the drop off on most of the wall, and most of it had no edge like shown here!!!
Up on the Great Wall	Up on the Great Wall... here comes the electrical storm!!!	Up on the Great Wall... here comes the electrical storm!!!	Beautiful day...
So high!!!	Sammy on the Great Wall	The view down... way down!	Another steep bit... and the steps were so uneven in height and depth!!!
Over the edge... where there was no edge on the wall... eeeek!!!	Inside the Great Wall section Towers	Inside the Great Wall section Towers	Finally... an almost flat part!
The view from Tower 12	The view from Tower 12	The view from Tower 12	The view from Tower 12
Me on The Great Wall, my favourite experience of our whole trip!	Up on the Great Wall... after the electrical storm!!!	Sammy on the Great Wall... look at that view!!!	Sammy on the Great Wall
The view down... very steep!!!	The view up... very steep!!!	Inside the Great Wall section Towers	The view down... very steep!!!
Ahhhh... The Serenity....	The view up... very steep!!!	The fatal flaw of the Great Wall idea... no fortress structures crossing the river beds...	The fatal flaw of the Great Wall idea... no fortress structures crossing the river beds...
The Flying Fox down...	Picture Postcard Perfect!!!	The Great Wall Simatai Reservoir	Leaving Beijing West Train Station
Back on the train to Hong Kong... Another nice luxury deluxe cabin... and 20 hours sleep!!!

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