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Asia - China - Beijing - China Postcard 1 - Beijing
Mark Morin
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Asia - China - Beijing - China Postcard 1 - Beijing
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Wall Walker It's not quite as dangerous as it looks, but almost. This section of the wall is mostly unrestored ruins |
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What do you think this is? Bilingual signs are common. Making sense of the English is another story |
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What do you think this is? Bilingual signs are common. Making sense of the English is another story |
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What do these have in common? They both cost me the same to buy. 500 ml of water or 630ml of beer both cost about 2 RMB (about $0.30 CAD). That could be dangerous! |
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Street Cleaner There are countless bike-riding street cleaners pretending to keep busy. A sweep here, pick up a wrapper there, mostly just ride around. |
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Mobile Candy Vendor This is a peanut-based candy sold from the back of a bike - quite good! |
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Ancient Observatory 15th to 17th century astronomical measurement equipment in an old observatory |
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Mao watching over Tiananmen Square |
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Forbidden City |
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Forbidden City Fire Extinguisher These huge pots throughout the Forbidden City were kept full of water in case of fire. In winter, fires were built under them to keep them from freezing. They were also once covered in Gold but this has since been mostly scraped off |
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Summer Palace Long Corridor A 728m long decorated corridor along the shore of Kunming Lake |
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Summer Palace Marble Boad Empress Ci Xi's fantacy paddle wheel boat. I'm sure there was no better use for that embezzled money. |
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The Grrrrrrreat Wall There still are sections of the wall where you can see it in it's nature state and avoid shouting tour guides. |
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Beijing West Train Station The passenger rail system is well developped and very convenient. This is one of serveral stations in Beijing |
