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Traditional Beijing tourist stuff
... for ceremonial and administrative purposes). We couldn’t really see into the open palace doors (too many people) but just about saw the famous coiled dragon on the ceiling and the beautiful throne. The building is made to reflect the “lucky" imperial numbers of 5 and 9. In front of the hall is a wide terrace area with various symbolic statues (a bronze crane and tortoise symbolise long life, grain to symbolise fertility, a sundial for imperial strength and a ...
Day 158 - The Summer Palace
... the Water Brilliance' and 'Garden of Harmonious Interests'. 'Hall of Embracing the Universe' was Eli's favourite. We took a ferry from a peninsula in the rather large lake across to the main temple but were a bit templed out by this point (not to mention that it was VERY hot out) and the extra charges to gain entry turned us away.
Instead, Mia relaxed on a bench as the throngs of ...
Natural History Museum
... in the fenced off park, and live chickens running around in the fenced in park. I wonder if the chickens belong to the girl doing the laundry. As we continued straight, we met the intersection were we took our about face and went the other direction -- we were there! We took the around the block route. Oh well, the walk did us good.
As we walked back, we decided to walk through the new build area I mentioned earlier. As we cut in ...
Back to China
... places. Therefore, even though I had already seen most of the sites I wanted to see, I was excited to get back and immerse myself in the culture again for a little while.
Arriving in Beijing, as I expected, was a shock to the system. After weeks idly making my way through idyllic Japan, and finishing it off in the quiet of the mountains, I plunged directly into the heart of China’s capital. Even in the biggest and most crowded cities, ...
10.20pm - Wall-E
... 8217;d be willing to be they’re packed out for most of those hours, just as they were when we were there. You could easily negotiate a path between the stalls, but it was still full of tourists, Asians and Westerners alike. Ken told us that you don’t really see Chinese people in there, because it’s not a novelty to them – on the contrary, for them the idea is to save up for the real thing, and then proudly display your genuine Louis ...


