I was in China on business in April, 2005, so I decided to spend the weekend
in Beijing and see some sites. On Saturday I took a tour to the Great Wall
(and some other stops along the way), on Sunday I saw Tianamen Square and The
Forbidden City in Beijing. Be prepared for some boring site-seeing
photos!!
I was in China on business in April, 2005, so I decided to spend the weekend
in Beijing and see some sites. On Saturday I took a tour to the Great Wall
(and some other stops along the way), on Sunday I saw Tianamen Square and The
Forbidden City in Beijing. Be prepared for some boring site-seeing
photos!!
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Section of the original Beijing city wall |
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First stop on my Great Wall excursion was at a Jade factory. Here are some Jade carvers at work |
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this was some sort of altar that people had thrown lots of Chinese Yuan |
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Some of the signs cracked me up |
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This is the famous Beijing Herbal Medicine Institute |
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We stopped for lunch at an intimate restaurant that can feed 6,000 people at a time. This is my group. |
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Great view of the Great Wall -- it goes on forever. 4,000 miles to be more precise. |
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Some sections of the wall were VERY steep. |
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These guys were carrying stone blocks up the wall for repairs. |
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They had some bears on display at the base of the wall |
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This one was about to catch a treat thrown by a tourist |
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On Sunday I took a walk to see Tianamen Square and the Forbidden City. I stopped at a park on the way. These guys were all fishing. |
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I watched for awhile but didn't see any fish caught. |
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Entrance to the Forbidden City |
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Chairman Mao's tomb with thousands of people waiting in line to see his body inside |
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Right after I snapped this picture, I watched a guy fall flat on hit rear. |
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These fruit-kebabs were dipped in sugar syrup. Looked gross. |
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Panarama of just one section of the Forbidden City. Almost entirely under renovation scaffolding. |
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