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Ben in Front of Mao - Tienamen Square I must admit Tienamen Square was very disappointing - there is a huge road right thru the middle of it - it would look very different with no traffic going thru |
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Ben & Xiaohua - Tienamen Square Ben wanted to see Mao's body - which is across the road opposite where this picture was taken. Thye line to get in to see it was over 2km long - so we didn't bother - who wants to wait in the searing heat to see a mouldy old man anyway. |
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Ben inside the Forbidden City |
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Throne Room - Forbidden City |
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Ben & Me - Forbidden City There was a lot of rennovations going on so we could not see a few of the bigger buildings. |
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Resting from the heat |
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Ben & Xiaohua, between the walls - Forbidden City |
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Ben having a rest We had walked for kilometers the first day and Ben was getting very hot and tired |
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Ben - In the Shade |
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Ben inside the Forbidden City To be honest the Forbidden City was very very disappointing. The architecture is cool, but you cannot see inside any of the buildings really - the Chinese need to look at ploaces like the Palace of Versailles and Fontainbleu in France where you can go inside the buidlings and see evrything - maybe they don't trust their own people not to steal things !!!!! |
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Ben in the Shade - Forbidden City |
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Between the Walls - Forbidden City |
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Forbidden City |
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Rooftops - Forbidden City |
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Forbidden City |
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Forbidden City |
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Rooftops - Forbidden City |
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Wonderful Rooftop Architecture - Forbidden City |
