China is a land of a extraordinary beauty.So much to see.
History buffs will love the Terracotta Army.Great Wall is a must when visiting China. Xian is a walled city. Bejing is the capital.
A photographic masterpiece.
History buffs will love the Terracotta Army.Great Wall is a must when visiting China. Xian is a walled city. Bejing is the capital.
A photographic masterpiece.
Tienanmen square
Wish I had the camera I have now when I visited China.
The photo opportunities were amazing.
The photo opportunities were amazing.
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苏格兰旅游博客Dougie Baird`s指导我们的星球。
Hong Kong
Here is what is special about China.
Beijing is a treasure house of historical sites with the Forbidden City and Summer Palace topping many peoples wish list and to cap it all the Great Wall of China is close by and is guaranteed to impress by its sheer scale and rugged beauty.
In Xian the Terracotta Warriors are one of the most significant archaeological finds of the last century with thousands of individually sculpted warriors, some over 2,000 years old.
Beijing is a treasure house of historical sites with the Forbidden City and Summer Palace topping many peoples wish list and to cap it all the Great Wall of China is close by and is guaranteed to impress by its sheer scale and rugged beauty.
In Xian the Terracotta Warriors are one of the most significant archaeological finds of the last century with thousands of individually sculpted warriors, some over 2,000 years old.
My Beijing Blog
After breakfast and met in the hotel lobby, my guide for today was Malky a retired Architect and his assistant Sandy....Malky had been on a previous trip to China, so he knew the sites or so I thought...Sandy was to do the commentary (he had great difficulty remembering the names of anything!!!) A quick head count and the 3 of us were off.
First stop was the Beijing Zoo, straight to the Panda House, first time I had ever seen a Panda..Malky shouts "TIME UP", and we're off again, that was some zoo, 2 Pandas, 4 Sparra's and a Magpie.
"Taxi for Tie Me Doon Square" shouts Sandy, Tian'anmen Square is huge.Nothing prepares you for this experience .The first thing that you notice is the giant portrait of Chairman Mao, this is what travelling is about.Seeing all the famous sites for real, I take lots of photographs in the square.
Next it's off to the Forbidden City, what a place. It's the largest palace complex in the world with 9999 rooms (imagine keeping that place clean, and when I go home my missus will be moaning about keeping our wee place tidy, hehehe). For over 491 years it was the residence of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The ordinary Chinese were barred from entering.
Another quick headcount and we're off once more, this time to Starbucks for a coffee stop, I felt strange being in a Beijing Cafe and hearing the Eagles "Hotel California" playing, after that down to Silk Alley for some serious shopping for gifts for the long suffering family back home.
We grabbed a taxi back to the hotel, for a quick shower and out for dinner, as this is the last evening in China we go for a Peking Duck Banquet......Brilliant, what a day this has been.
After breakfast and met in the hotel lobby, my guide for today was Malky a retired Architect and his assistant Sandy....Malky had been on a previous trip to China, so he knew the sites or so I thought...Sandy was to do the commentary (he had great difficulty remembering the names of anything!!!) A quick head count and the 3 of us were off.
First stop was the Beijing Zoo, straight to the Panda House, first time I had ever seen a Panda..Malky shouts "TIME UP", and we're off again, that was some zoo, 2 Pandas, 4 Sparra's and a Magpie.
"Taxi for Tie Me Doon Square" shouts Sandy, Tian'anmen Square is huge.Nothing prepares you for this experience .The first thing that you notice is the giant portrait of Chairman Mao, this is what travelling is about.Seeing all the famous sites for real, I take lots of photographs in the square.
Next it's off to the Forbidden City, what a place. It's the largest palace complex in the world with 9999 rooms (imagine keeping that place clean, and when I go home my missus will be moaning about keeping our wee place tidy, hehehe). For over 491 years it was the residence of 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The ordinary Chinese were barred from entering.
Another quick headcount and we're off once more, this time to Starbucks for a coffee stop, I felt strange being in a Beijing Cafe and hearing the Eagles "Hotel California" playing, after that down to Silk Alley for some serious shopping for gifts for the long suffering family back home.
We grabbed a taxi back to the hotel, for a quick shower and out for dinner, as this is the last evening in China we go for a Peking Duck Banquet......Brilliant, what a day this has been.
Need to know
The Standard Chinese term for chopsticks is kuàizi
(Chinese: 筷子).
The Standard Chinese term for chopsticks is kuàizi
(Chinese: 筷子).
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Thank you for the memories China
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