Note – All images are scanned from slide film.
Tiananmen Square
- Tiananmem Square Overview
- Monument to the People’s Heros
- Museum of Chinese Revolution & History
- Working People’s Cultural Palace
- Great Hall of the People
13th Ming Emperor’s Tombs
- Map of the Tombs
- Walking up to the tombs
- Walking up to the tombs 2
It is very hard to show pictures of the Tomb because they are all underground.
At the entrance, you walk down about 100 feet of stairs, and then opens up into a series of large vaults.
In these vaults are the various items buried with the Emperor.
Back above ground, one is treated with a great view of the surrounding country side.
- Looking Out
- Looking Out – Detail 1
- Looking Out – Detail 2
Lunch in a ‘tourist trap’
Lunch in the upstairs portion of the building.
A tour bus of Chinese tourists came in toward the end of the meal.
Shopping around the International Store.
The Great Wall of China
The drive north-west of Beijing/Peking
There is some beautiful mountains that you drive through to get to the wall. I just kept looking out the window in the amazement of nature.
I was also amazed to see portions of the wall traversing the tops of the mountains. Here was this extremely rugged terrain, and on top of it all, this stone wall!!
Simply put, AMAZING!!
Robert did have a problem with the tickets because of his nationality.
Merchants selling picture books, buttons, and table cloths all along the wall!!
The higher I walked, the more and more I was amazed.
The Wall just stretches as far as the eye can see.
- Great Wall Tower
- The Great Wall 01
- The Great Wall 02
- Walking up some stairs
- The Great Wall 03
- The Great Wall 04
- The Great Wall 05
- The Great Wall 06
Drive back to Beijing
I saw a small fire in the under brush that no one seemed to care about. I did not see anyone tending the flames!!
Formal Dinner
Dad was the host for this meal