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Summer Palace - Gate in Front of the Lake
The Summer Palace is an impressive area, covering many hectares. The last Emperor was imprisoned here by the Dowager Emperess - she was a bitch. |
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Ben in the Summer Palace
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Summer Palace
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Me at the Summer Palace
Like the Forbidden City and The Great Wall it was overcrowded - a real pity. |
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Pagoda on the Hill
We didn't go up here - you had to pay extra, which is typical in China and it was also under rennovation. |
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Old Bridge - Summer Palace
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Ben & Xiaohua - By the Lake - Summer Palace
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Ben - Summer Palace
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Ben & I - Summer Palace
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Ben & Xiaohua - Lama Temple
This place was awesome - not crowded at all - probably the best place saw next to the Great Wall - really old - you could smell the age of it all, you could go inside most of the buildings. This was where the Dali Lama used to stay when visiting China - he is now of course banned from here and is considered a trouble maker |
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Interesting Architecture - Lama Temple
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Colourful Ceiling - Lama Temple
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Entrance to the Laqma Temple
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Gate - Outside the Lama Temple
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Guinness World Record - Lama Temple
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Temple Architecture
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Main Rooftop - Lama Temple
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Rooftops, Studded with Dragons and Mythical Beasts for protection against evil spirits
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More cool rooftop architecture
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Ben - Walking Street - Beijing
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Ben - Temple of Heaven
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Ben where he should not be
Xiaohua got into trouble for letting Ben walk on here - its is very very old |
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Ben - Temple of Heaven
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Ben - Temple of Heaven
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