Beijing Photos - China's Capital city and The Great Wall

Discussion in 'Asia' started by savydog, Feb 19, 2011.

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    savydog Gold Member

    If you have any photos from around Beijing or of the Great Wall please share them here.
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    savydog Gold Member

    Tiananmen Gate - Entry to the Forbidden City


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    Summer Palace - Empress Cixi's Marble Boat.

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    Temple of Heaven

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    Lion Statue inside the Forbidden City

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    Walking the Great Wall

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    We took a ride with Beijing Sideways to the great wall via the birds nest stadium.

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    Mangy Gold Member

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    that looks like a fun way to get around
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    savydog Gold Member

    Highly recommended and they even had a few beers carried up the mountains for our lunch break.
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    PTravel Silver Member

    Temple of Heaven

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    Junca Silver Member

    Forbidden City. Beijing.
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    Corridor around ForbidCity - by living areas

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    sobore Gold Member

    Very cool pic SD!
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    savydog Gold Member

    Thank you, I try so hard [IMG]
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    savydog Gold Member

    Great minds thing alike Junca

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    Junca Silver Member

    I have tons of photos like that! [IMG]
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    savydog Gold Member

    Some interesting ones on the roof of the summer palace, but must go to bed, it is after midnight here. Cheers [IMG]
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    Junca Silver Member

    Ming City Wall Site park

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    Ming Wall Tower

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    Great Wall at Badaling

    Part of wall not opened/restored.

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    Go early and go to the end (we went left instead of right upon entrance on the wall). Near the entrance is packed with visitors. Not so bad up farther and we were the only ones (+ a couple of trailing vendors) at the very end of the open part of the wall.

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    Heading back to entrance. More people. Kinda steep (in a few places)

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    fet Silver Member

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    Bird Nest
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    Sarah Silver Member

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    tw116 Gold Member

    i was there when they were getting ready for the olympics. this is what i saw at the forbidden city.

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