4 start toilet. It was a relief to find this - I'll tell you!
Caution- camels crossing. A hastily snatched shot - which a truck managed to drive into & ruin -how? Why? what? Camels! In China !!
We attended a sort of Chinese Circe de Soleil. Not quite that standard, but still a very good evening
Flexible
Cyclists
Forbidden City (forbidden no more)
Chrissy at forbidden city
Graham at forbidden city
Graham at forbidden city. Look at that huge belly - too much Chinese food :-)
Chrissy saw this vase & had to buy it immediately (a recurring theme during our time in China :-)
This guy is the nephew of the last emperor of China. He is now over 75 years old and his only interest in life in calligraphy. He is invited by the communist government to demonstrate for tourists.
Mao
The moat around the forbidden city. Under the ground in the whole complex, huge vertical stone pillars are buried, close together, to prevent anyone from tunnelling in.
The Long Walk at the summer palace is the world's longest corridor (although open to the air at the sides), with over 800 beautiful paintings
Nogoodniks look the same the world over :-) I wonder what they are plotting...
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The red guard (and friend - maybe he is their mascot?)
Tianamen guard
Two little girls
Ye olde souveneir shoppe. Same story the world over - wherever the tourist buses park, there is crap to be bought (Chinese grockle trap).