Beijing 2002 – Days 8 & 9: Shanghai Airport, Picture of my souvenir haul
Plasmatron screens were everywhere at Shanghai Airport
A side-on view of my precious fake Rolex watch collection :-)
Beijing 2002 – Day 7: Prince Gong’s Palace, Coal Hill Park, Xiushui “Silk” Markets, Hutong, Silk Rug Factory
An old man doing what I could never do!
Elderly locals playing music in a garden at Beihai Park
Beijing 2002 – Day 6: School for Ethnic Minorities, Silk Factory, Peking Opera at Prince Gong’s Palace
Students at the Beijing School for Ethnic Minorities at a morning assembly
Ren and the inn-keeper, Liu Lihua, still looking for each other
Beijing 2002 – Day 5: The Temple of Heaven, China Resources Building Lunch, Llama Temple (Yonghe Gong), & Peking Duck Restaurant
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
The number of roast ducks served since 1864
Beijing 2002 – Day 4: Beijing Zoo, The Summer Palace, Cloisonne Factory, & the Chaoyang Theatre Acrobatics Show
Close-up of a Panda eating bamboo
View of an impressive, octagonal, building across the lake
A boy balancing on a plank of wood and flicking plates onto his head
This was truly amazing! The girls in mid-air were being spun around and juggled back and forth!
Beijing 2002 – Day 3: The Great Wall, “Pub Street”, City at Night
A view of the wall with a guard tower
Driving past The Great Hall of the People
Beijing 2002 – Day 2: Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City, & the Ming Tombs
View of the entrance to the Forbidden City from Tiananmen Square
Close-up of the Hall of Supreme Harmony
Close-up of roof tiles; more animals indicate an important building
The triumphal arch at the beginning of the “Spirit Way”