Beijing - The Heavenly-forbidden-square-walled-temple & the Olympics too!
We left Anthony in beautiful Yangshou
and headed to the capital - Beijing. We didn't give ourselves enough time for
Beijing but we crammed as much as we could into the time we had -
with Starbucks to keep us going (64 stores in
Beijing)- we loved this city.
What would Mao think?
 Looking at the entrance to the Forbidden City from Tiananmen Square |
 Monument to the People's Heroes |
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 Forbidden City - so which century would you like to start our tour in? |
 Inside the Forbidden City - Only a few 100 more buildings to go! |
 Center Stairway stone carving in the Hall of Preserved Harmony |
 Nine Dragon Screen |
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 Hutong - Mao Store |
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Anything that moves - can and will - |
 Donghuamen night market |
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 Temple of Heaven Park In front of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests |
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 One world one dream -The Beijing National Stadium the Bird's Nest |
 My pals: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini. When the first syllable of each of the five names are said together, the result is the phrase (Běijīng huānyíng nĭ) which means "Beijing welcomes you". |
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