China Day 2 Great Wall-Temple of Heaven

The Great Wall  (More pollution)

I climbed to the top tower. one and a half hours up and back.

You can see our bus in the carpark below

Gift shop in this tower at the top

Temple of Heaven

Old man played his pipes/flutes for us

China 2016 Day I

Apartment building behind our hotel Beijing

Carving of horses in our hotel foyer

People entering a shopping Plaza. Taken from the bus on our way to Tiananmen Sq

Tiananmen Sq. We weren't allowed on as it was close to the anniversary of the student uprising and Kim Jong Un was visiting the next day

Near the entrance to the forbidden city (note the pollution in the air. Something that is always there)

Chinese men volunteer between 20-23 for guard duty and then can go on to a military career.

Entrance to the forbidden city (800 buildings)

our tour guide Melinda

Anyone stopping to take photos on this bridge were told by the guards to move on no loitering.

Dragon wall forbidden city

Dragon boats at the city of the summer palace

Dragon building. They love their dragons in China

Birds nest stadium built for the 2008 Olympics. When the Olympic committee came to China prior to the granting of the games  all factories were closed for a week so pollution would clear from the sky.

Peking duck dinner first night in China.