A few days in Beijing.

On the sleeper train from Nanjing to Beijing,  The duck is the symbol of Beijing this is at the Summer Palace.

The Summer Palace.

 

At the Temple of Heaven,

Elderly couple at the Temple of Heaven.

In the Hutongs - we were the only foreigners at these ones.

Jonathan with our guide Johnny Yellow Car.






                                       

The Great Wall of China.

Jonathan and Anthony, we had walked from the ridge on the right of the photo.

            

Giant Buddah at Hongluo Temple.

There are 500 monks in the trees at Hongluo Temple.

                         

 Jonathan and Anthony eating hotpot.
                                                                                       

Carole and I eating Peking duck.

Tasty nibbles including scorpions.

We headed home on the bullet train, top speed we saw was 310km/h, it was a very smooth ride.