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Tijananmen Square
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Soldiers marching on Tijananmen Square
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Red flags waving in the wind everywhere on Tijananmen Square
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a classic sight - tour groups snapping shots with Mao in the background
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fried scorpions on a skewer
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Steve eating the fried scorpions on a skewer (I ate a leg)
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The street of Night Food Stalls - YUM!!!
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Our hostel dormitory room inside the Red Lantern Hostel
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View of the Forbidden City from the top of the peak inside the Jingshen Park
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Hacky Sack isn't just for the young kids.
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Inside the Forbidden City
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Inside the Forbidden City
Inside the Forbidden City
These rocks were manually stacked around this door and way up above to form this....conglomeration
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Inside the Forbidden City
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Foo Dog
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Restoration of the Forbiddne City is in progress...can you believe how bright these colors are?
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Inside the Forbidden City
We like the gargoyles on every rooftop on all corners. Looks like Santa being pulled on his sleigh.
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Restoration continues inside the palace complex
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Nine Dragon Wall
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I think the Emperors of old would have enjoyed Starbucks if it had been there thousands of years ago.
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Inside the Forbidden City
perhaps the throne where the reigning Emperor sat
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The main pavillion is under restoration
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Getting chummy with Mao
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Steve defying Mao
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entry door to a residence
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a courtyard inside a residence
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more lucky banners for good fortune
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typical form of transportation
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This cute little girl couldn't help but be friendly with Steve. She kept on saying hello to him.
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Here, a dead bull would be set on fire in ceremony to entreat the gods.
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Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (fir insdie imported from Oregon!)
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A vent in the side of the building. Can't find many details like this in America.
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Echo Wall - a perfect circumference of this wall allows you to perfectly hear a person talking on the other side of the wall.
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Steve playing a game with the locals. Then, these locals tried to pressure Steve into buying it (they have another set hidden under the pile of coats on the bench
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At the Acrobatics Show, Steve bought us some treats to munch on....
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the common courtyard that every room faced toward where you can order breakfast, lunch & dinner.
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We read that it is a daily occurence to see men going for a swim in this lake (I would say it is a polluted lake). Signs are posted around the lake to not do 4 things: No swimming, no fishing, no dumping of dirty water & no raising of poultries. We saw swimming and fishing here.
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Beijing - Hou Hai Lake
These elderly people are quite agile
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Another elderly park - a very popular morning place to congregate
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This is labeled as the biggest drum in the world.
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Beijing - Hutongs all packed together
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From the Drum Tower you get a good view of the Bell Tower across the way.
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The fish in this pond know where to get their food. They come in herds to fight over the crumbs thrown at them.
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Blue haired Buddha
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water calligraphy in the park. A usual park ritual
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You can smell the incense burning the moment you come out of the metro station...and it only got stronger and stronger the closer you got to the temple.
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a monk. We figured that he didn't like this active monastary being overrun with tourists.
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China's 2nd largest Confucian temple
Beijing - Tianjin Bai Jiao Yuan Restaurant
one of the best outlets for jiozi (ravioli-like stuffed dumplings) with all sorts of delicious fillings. Behind the glass you get to watch the elves make all the dumplings.
Beijing - Tianjin Bai Jiao Yuan Restaurant
The lettuce wraps are an authentic dish after all! In our lettuce wraps we had szechwan flavored duck & vegetables.
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Beijing - Dariy Queen!
This Dairy Queen was a landmark in finding our hostel. We had to partake of some ice cream, don't you think? Prices are just as much as in the States.
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Toilet stalls in men & women's bathrooms...no joke! BYOT (toilet paper - and that's for everywhere in fact)
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The angled crenolations in the castle are to shoot the enemy behind protection
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a lot of steps up and a lot of steps down, then a lot of steps up and then a lot of steps down again...
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You can see how the years have eroded away some of the towers
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Our British friends, Dave & Matt, that stayed at our hostel...way too eager, young strapping lads
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The Great Wall
some pretty narrow parts of the wall to scrimmage upon.
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