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Photographs of Beijing 2006 - Part One

I spent about five days in the Chinese capital Beijing during May 2006. The weather was wondeful, and I spent time at the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall of China, the Ding Ling tomb, and Tiananmen Square.

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Entrance to the summer palace in Beijing
Entrance to the Summer Palace in Beijing

Me by the lake at the Summer Palace
Me by the lake at the Summer palace

Building in the Forbidden City
Building in the Forbidden City

Boats on the lake at the Summer Palace
Boats on the lake at the Summer palace

Dancers in the Summer Palace
Dancers in the Summer Palace

Me again in the Summer Palace
Me again in the Summer Palace

Entrance to a building at the Summer Palace
Entrance to a building at the Summer Palace

Grand Stage at the Summer Palace
Grand stage at the Summer Palace

Musicians on the Grand Stage
Musicians on the Grand Stage

Me next to the Grand Stage
Me next to the Grand Stage

Me in the Summer Palace again
Me in the Summer Palace again

Dancers on the Grand Stage
Dancers on the Grand Stage

Me half asleep in the Summer Palace!
Me half asleep in the Summer Palace!

Chinese architecture in the Summer Palace
Chinese architecture in the Summer Palace

More roofing in the Summer Palace!
More roofing in the Summer Palace!

Flowers and statues in the Summer Palace
Flowers and statues in the Summer Palace

Me next to them!
Me next to them!

Me and a lion statue
Me and a lion statue

A lion statue at the Summer Palace
A lion statue at the Summer Palace

Beside the lake at the Summer Palace
Beside the lake at the Summer Palace

Statues in the Summer Palace
Statues in the Summer Palace

A stone boat at the Summer Palace
A stone boat at the Summer Palace

More lake at the Summer Palace
More lake at the Summer Palace

Building in the trees at the Summer Palace
Building in the trees at the Summer Palace

Mythical creature n at Summer Palace
Mythical creature at Summer Palace

Me with the creature!
Me with the creature!

The Seventeen Arch bridge at the Summer Palace
The Seventeen Arch bridge at the Summer Palace

The Seventeen Arch Bridge again
The Seventeen Arch bridge again

By the Summer Palace lake
By the Summer Palace lake

Seventeen Arch bridge and cow!
Seventeen Arch bridge and cow!

Leaving the Summer Palace
Leaving the Summer Palace

Another Summer Palace building
Another Summer Palace building

Flowers at the Summer Palace
Flowers at the Summer Palace

Me about to leave the Summer Palace
Me about to leave the Summer Palace

Throne at the Forbidden City
Throne at the Forbidden City

Me by the Summer Palace lake again
Me by the Summer Palace lake again

Me in the Forbidden City
Me in the Forbidden City

Courtyard in Forbidden City
Courtyard in Forbidden City

Lion statue in the Forbidden City
Lion statue in the Forbidden City

Roofing in the Forbidden City
Roofing in the Forbidden City

A stork statue in the Forbidden City
A stork statue in the Forbidden City

Me in the Forbidden City gardens
Me in the Forbidden City gardens

Forbidden City gardens
Forbidden City gardens

Pagoda in the Forbidden City
Pagoda in the Forbidden City

Gate in the Forbidden City
Gate in the Forbidden City

Street in the Forbidden City
Street in the Forbidden City

Yet more Forbidden City roofing!
Yet more Forbidden City roofing

Another Forbidden City roof
Another Forbidden City roof

Chinese Army in the Forbidden City
Chinese army in the Forbidden City

Leaving the Forbidden City
Leaving the Forbidden City

 
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