Friday, 18 May 2012

21/2/2012 Beijing, China


We spent the morning exploring the Forbidden City which was massive and fairly amazing. Unfortunately it was a really smoggy day which took away some of the beauty as you couldn’t even see the buildings clearly through the smog!
From the Forbidden City we walked over to Bahai Park where we wandered around the frozen lake and up to the white pagoda (which looked much better from a distance!). The park was really pretty and there were lots of people singing and dancing around which was cool to see.
From the park we walked back to our favourite restaurant for a late lunch/early dinner (‘linner’) which was another tasty feast! We rolled back to the hostel and veged out for the evening which was nice. 


The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

In the Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City - iced over river

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

Andrea, Chris and I in the Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City - cauldrons used to store water in case of fires

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City - all hand carved stone 

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

Andrea and Chris in the Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City - water frozen over

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

Me in the Forbidden City

The river around the Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

The Forbidden City

Walking along the river front next to the Forbidden City 

Walking along the river front next to the Forbidden City  

Walking along the river front next to the Forbidden City 

Bahai Park

Bahai Park

The frozen lake around the white pagoda in Bahai park

The frozen lake around the white pagoda in Bahai park

Bahai Park

Bahai park

Bahai park

Bahai park

Bahai park

Bahai park

The view from the white pagoda

Bahai park

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