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Boxing & KTV
... place nearby, a great night catching up with lots of people, and Andy & a few of the boys went off early to a club for a free drinks reception.
Cold but sunny day today, so we wrapped up warm & went back to the 798 Art District to explore, wandered around a few of the galleries, had some lunch, and caught the bus back which drops us right outside the door. Chilling out now before bowling tonight.
Ok, that's us done for now - so catch up again soon!
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Last Train to Xi'an Central
... almost skipping like an anticipatory child. Guess what dear reader, Not only was it closed, it had gone out of business!! God alone only knows why, Dan has spent close to the GDP of New Zealand there in the last six days. Where once there were cheery, happy vendors doling out little nuggets of spicy goodness, now there was just a hole in the wall and three workers already chipping the tiles off the wall. Dan was convulsing with disappointment (or it ...
First day of classes and Temple of Heaven
... There are usually big crowds around the entrances and it's hard to get a clear picture. The architecture around the temple is very beautiful and apparently the Huangdi or Emperor used to pray at the top of the temple and addressed the people from the top. Or so I got told...
Aside from the big hall in the center, there are smaller buildings off to the side that are set up like little museums. These were ...
Hitting the Wall
... we were knackered from our walk round the Forbidden City we still had enough energy left to go see a Shaolin Monks show that evening. We weren't allowed to take a camera in so I have no photos but if you check out the pictures of Mel in our blog entry for Xian then that is as impressive, if not more so!
The final sight we saw in Beijing was the Temple of Heaven. A series of temples set in a beautiful park to the ...
Forbidden City Lets The Murrays In
After the walk across Tiananmen Square we passed through the walls of the Forbidden City. The outside is adorned with a large picture of Chairman Mao that is updated every year to keep it fresh and new looking. The outermost wall is very large, imposing and is topped with the old style temple top but doesn't at all do justice to give you a hint of what you will find inside.
The Forbidden City is huge. The scale ...