Beijing

in China

Photos

A strangely quiet Beijing road	A lady I met who was celebrating her birthday	The friend celebrating with her. Then I crashed the party. :-)
Xi Hai lake, near my hostel	Xi Hai lake, near my hostel	Tianemen Square
Tianemen Square	Tianemen Square	Tianemen Square
Tianemen Square	Tianemen Square	Tianemen Square
Tianemen Square	Tianemen Square	Tianemen Square
Tianemen Square	Tianemen Square	Outside the Forbidden City
Outside the Forbidden City	Outside the Forbidden City	Outside the Forbidden City
The huge Mao portrait	Inside the first wall	Inside the first wall
Bridge over a moat	The moat	Buildings
The moat	Building	One of the main buildings, under scaffholding
Building	Building	Gate through one of the walls
Beautiful decoration	The more important buildings have even more walls	Looking down from the walls
Inside	Walls, walls and more walls	A reception hall
A reception hall	A reception hall	Building
A reception hall	Another gate	Gate
Building up close	Looking through one of the gates
Huge bronze bowl		Bronze carving
		Entrance to the gardens
	Bronze burner
One of the emporrer's rooms		One of the emporrer's rooms
	In the Imperial Gardens	In the Imperial Gardens
In the Imperial Gardens	In the Imperial Gardens	In the Imperial Gardens
In the Imperial Gardens	In the Imperial Gardens	In the Imperial Gardens
In the Imperial Gardens	Outside the back of the Forbidden City	Lake Kunming
Lake Kunming	Lake Kunming	The Tower of Buddhist Incense
Unknown building	The Tower of Buddhist Incense	Decoration on the roof of the walkway
The Tower of Buddhist Incense	From a birdge by the tower	Probably an incense burner
In the grounds of the tower	View over Lake Kunming and Beijing	Seen while ascending the tower
Seen while ascending the tower	View from the Tower Of Buddhist Incense	The tower
The tower	View from the Tower Of Buddhist Incense	View from the Tower Of Buddhist Incense
Inside the Tower Of Buddhist Incense	Inside the Tower Of Buddhist Incense	Decoration on the ceiling of a walkway
View from the Tower Of Buddhist Incense	View from the Tower Of Buddhist Incense	View from the Tower Of Buddhist Incense
A walkway leading up to the tower	A walkway leading up to the tower	Looking towards the Tower of Buddhist Incense
A large decorative boat	A canal-like offshoot of the river	The boat again
Bridge	Canal area again	Unknown building
Unknown building	Unknown buildings	Unknown building
A rough Lake Kunming	The 17-arch Bridge	The 17-arch Bridge
Pagoda by the bridge	The 17-arch Bridge	The 17-arch Bridge
The 17-arch Bridge	Lake Kunming	The 17-arch Bridge
The 17-arch Bridge	Carving on the bridge	The 17-arch Bridge
The 17-arch Bridge	Carving on the bridge	The 17-arch Bridge
Trees blowing in the strong wind	The 17-arch Bridge	The 17-arch Bridge
The 17-arch Bridge	The 17-arch Bridge