Leo Palace

... , it is it's own gem.  Unlike the Forbidden City, which is relatively flat, the buildings of the Summer Palace intertwine almost seamlessly with the natural rock and cedar trees of the surrounding lanscape.  The Summer Palace was built ...

... very imaginative names for things), this had paintings in the eaves throughout. This led round to the entrance of the Summer Palace's central area, which is several buildings on a very steep slope called Longevity Hill. Near the summit of this ...

... 4 well travel myth 101 all buses in china lead to the right spot, guess not we asked a girl in our hostel how to get to the palace of heaven she told us the bus number ___?__. Me and Omar got on the bus and rode for an hour and a half till they kicked us ...

... one.  The amazing thing is that after a 1.5 hr bus ride your still in Beijing.  This place is massive. The Summer Palace is huge. Its about 3 square Kilometres, had no idea what I was getting myself into. Well worth it though, it's so ...

Faith and I spent the afternoon walking aroudn the Summer Palace which was absolutely beautiful. Under one of the canopies, I ran into a female dentist from Holland that I had seen in XingPing and dormed with in Xian. I gave her my email address because I ...

... long ravenous catfish. The right boat was no problem to find (everyone is helpful to stupid falangs (foreigners)).   The Grand Palace. A more exotic place cannot be imagined. It is comprised of huge spindly temples all made out of gold and ...

... Stone palace) is a 19th-century Bavarian palace on a rugged hill near Hohenschwangau and Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner, the King's inspiring ...

Entry or Start traveling from Jakarta flight to Medan from Medan Flight to Kuala Lumpur.   One night stayed Leo Palace at Kuala Lumpur, leaving next day to Penang with overnight train. Next day, early morning arrives in ...

... as Leo's, and made a nice change. Then we got a picnic from the supermarket (including lovely mini mangoes) to take to the Summer Palace with us. From Qianmen we caught the number 826 bus to the Summer Palace - it took about 1 hour 20 minutes, and we ...

... and were late by the time we got there and couldnt see them so decided to just have a look round on our own. The Summer Palace gardens and lakes were amazing, and although it was hazy again had a really good day just looking round and taking in all the ...

... , I can't believe how lucky I have been with the weather on this whole trip and I happily walked around the grounds of the Summer Palace picking up a nice sunburn, as I'm so good at doing.  I got a little lost in the palace grounds, they are huge, ...

... if they would try to eat what they caught anyhow. We made it to the north entrance of the Forbidden City (also called the Palace Museum) just when it opened its doors, at 8:30 AM.  We purchased two tickets which cost 120 RMB and spent the next ...

... mullets which was hillarious as they were trying to have the metal look but failed drastically!!! Spent a day walking round the Summer palace which was a nice change of pace, the scenery was second to none and over a vast area that was historically ...

... books I had read sitting in these little streets. There is also a peaceful lake, with boats & restaurants. 8/10 - Beijing: Summer Palace I took bus #690 to the Summer Palace: it is an huge place - tens of building, each is architectualy different from ...

... Palace like everything else is under construction. The Palace has a huge lake and over 300 halls, pavilions, towers and courtyards. The Palace was built as a summer retreat for Empress Ci Xi. Most of the rooms hold gifts and artifacts of the Empress. ...

... which provided moments of calm away from the hustle and bustle of Beijing; the Forbidden City which was the main palace to countless Chinese Emperors; Tianamon Square and surrounding buildings, partly because of everything that happened there in 1989 but ...

... 30, I never will. Lucky I'm engaged then eh?   After this we were supposed to go to the palace, however, truthful Krishna explained what was inside before we decided whether to part with the ridiculous entrance fee. We decided against ...

... for restoration work for the 2008 Olympics, but was pretty boring anyway, not to mention swarming with tourists! The Summer Palace was a different story; really tranquil gardens and scenery and definitely worth the 1 hour bus journey across Beijing to get ...

... side....but of course dead when fried up, seasoned with some chili..great video footage!!! Next day I took a bus to the summer palace the emperors old city retreat, which was pretty damn cool and great to look around. In the evening I went drinking ...