China, ... well, Beijing - July 21-30, 2005
Tiananmen Square from the Meridian Gate at the south end of the Forbidden City
Lion leers lustfully at Pepa outside the Gate of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City
the other lion
typical detail of a Forbidden City building
somewhere in the Forbidden City
fire control equipment, Forbidden City
come right in, welcome to my modest abode
marble ramp carving of sea, mountains, clouds and dragons, death to touch during the Ming dynasty
incense burner
minor (7th) rank building in the Forbidden City
tourist lunch in the Forbidden City
somewhere in the Forbidden City
somewhere else, close by
front gate of Hau Yuan
our room at the Hau Yuan hotel
Tiananmen Square
the Forbidden City from Jingchan
Ne ha, Chairman Sid
another lion, in the Lama Temple
the Great Wall, west of Simatai
Summer Palace view
the Great Wall at Badaling
Badaling
Badaling
silk burner near one of the Ming tombs
the Dowager Empress Pepa
a night at the opera
houton near the Drum Tower
Tiananmen Square and the Meridian Gate
below Jingshan
in the Lama Temple
east of Simatai on the Great Wall
Simatai, looking west on the Great Wall
west of Simatai
the Great Wall between Simatai and Jinshanlin
looking east on the Great Wall near Simatai
looking east on the Great Wall near Simatai