A few pictures from my trip to China
- July/August 2006
Supermarket in Beijing (Several bags of groceries -
$8)
Fruit and vegetable market (2 carrots, 5 potatoes,
2 green peppers, 2 onions - $1)
Subway station
Ray & Vivi buying subway tickets for our trip to
The Forbidden City
Darlene and Vivi in the subway station waiting for
the next train
Darlene & Ray on the subway
Ray & Vivi in Tiananmen subway station
Tiananmen Square
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Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square
Chairman Mao and the entrance to The Forbidden City
Translation of Chinese Characters - Long Live the People's
Republic of China!
Long live all of the people of the world union!
Chairman Mao getting closer
Symbol of Royal Place
A lion protecting The Forbidden City from ghosts or
other evil that may try to enter
Darlene and Chairman Mao
Darlene and Chairman Mao
Inside The Forbidden City
Yet another gate to pass through in The Forbidden City
Inside The Forbidden City
Another gate in The Forbidden City
Ray & Vivi taking a rest inside The Forbidden City
Darlene inside The Forbidden City making a typical
Chinese picture pose
Darlene and Vivi making another typical Chinese picture
pose inside The Forbidden City
All of the animals on the tiled roofs are said to have
been protectors of the Emperor who lived
in The Forbidden City
Inside a garden in The Forbidden City
Some things are lost in Translation
A map of the West Wing of The Forbidden City. The palaces
housed 9,999.5 rooms and employed thousands and thousands of Chinese
people.
All of the men who served the Emperor were castrated
in order to preseve the Emperor's power.
(I wish everyone would move out of the way so that
I can get a clear picture!)
Xianfugong Hall
Ray and Vivi doing classic Chinese picture poses in
The Forbidden City
Picture of the ceiling inside one of the MANY palaces
The ceilings were elaborately carved and painted. (The
pictures do not capture the true beauty)
Little Chinese Boy
The Forbidden City
Hou Hai - South Luogu Alley - a little shopping area
in Bejing
A backpacker hangout - Pass By Bar - in Hou Hai. Ray's
friend from Tibet - Xiao Bian - is the owner.
A quote from Bian - "He who drinks gets drunk,
He who gets drunk goes to sleep,
He who sleeps does not sin, He who does not sin goes
to Paradise, so
Let's all drink and go to Paradise."
Ray, Darlene, and Vivi at Pass By Bar after a lunch
of some very yummy pizza.
The wall of books behind us in the picture are all
American books
which are very difficult to come by in China.
A street with many shops and if you look closely, you
will see a foreign couple.
Much to my surprise, foreigners are not very common
in Beijing, or maybe
they just blend into the 18 million Chinese already
living in Beijing!
A typical street vendor
Photos from Beijing, China (part
2)
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