Adri after a long flight

Temple of Heaven Park

At Pure Lotus

At Pure Lotus: Veggie rolls

At Pure Lotus: Veggies steamed in a lotus leaf

At Pure Lotus: Teapot

At Pure Lotus: They gave us a tree in a vase filled with ice, surrounded by lichees.

At Pure Lotus: L- Scot, Adri, Me R- Matt, Ben, Brendan

Summer Palace

Summer Palace

Summer Palace

Summer Palace

Summer Palace: Zigzaggy stairs

Summer Palace

Summer Palace: Crows

Summer Palace: Marble Boat. The empress Cixi used the money earmarked for a new navy and redid the palace instead. She did, however, build this unsinkable boat.

Summer Palace: Scot, Matt, and Adri

Summer Palace: China has great bridges

Beijing's 4th ring road

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai: Hills

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Great Wall at Simatai

Adri follows the sign and goes by the Flying Fox

Forbidden City: Under construction, of course

Forbidden City

Forbidden City: I liked the crackling paint

Forbidden City: Some small sense of the crowds there on National Day

Forbidden City: Under construction, of course

Forbidden City: You can't see how packed the place was from my other pictures, but they had about 20 police vans full of cops on crowd control

Beijing: Adri being fitted for her hand-made qipao dresses