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| Apartment building behind our hotel Beijing |
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| Carving of horses in our hotel foyer |
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| People entering a shopping Plaza. Taken from the bus on our way to Tiananmen Sq |
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| 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 |
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| Near the entrance to the forbidden city (note the pollution in the air. Something that is always there) |
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| Chinese men volunteer between 20-23 for guard duty and then can go on to a military career. |
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| Entrance to the forbidden city (800 buildings) |
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| our tour guide Melinda |
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| Anyone stopping to take photos on this bridge were told by the guards to move on no loitering. |
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| Dragon wall forbidden city |
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| Dragon boats at the city of the summer palace |
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| Dragon building. They love their dragons in China |
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| 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. |
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| Peking duck dinner first night in China. |
Nice photos
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