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    Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province: by tonto, Views[224]
         		 Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province: by tonto, Views[168]
         		 Labrang Monastery, Xiahe, Gansu Province: by tonto, Views[223]
         		 Xiahe, Gansu Province: by tonto, Views[194]
         		 Somewhere out on the plateau, Gansu province.: by tonto, Views[223]
     
    Somewhere out on the plateau, Gansu province.: by tonto, Views[223]
         		 This lady was very pleased with how she looked in this one, when I showed her the back of the camera. She ran off with my camera to show it to her friends.: by tonto, Views[256]
         		 Can't remember the name of the monastery I'm afraid. However, the monks were happy to let us take photos and we were happy to pay for the priviledge.: by tonto, Views[351]
         		 This is a Taoist temple in downtown Beijing. The only other people there were locals coming to make offerings to the different taoist departments.: by machel, Views[430]
         		 Rachel on the balcony of the Taoist temple. We were told that the red lanterns found here and throughout the city and China are to ward of ghosts and evil spirits.: by machel, Views[466]
     
    Trying to figure out our first
         		 This is the south gate of Tienamen square, the detail on the woodwork is typical of most of the imperial structures around the city.: by machel, Views[479]
         		 Soldiers in front of Chairman Mao's Moseleum in Tienamen Square where his preserved body is on display. It's a little creepy.: by machel, Views[570]
         		 Rachel got talked into putting this stuff on for a picture. I think that it's similar to what an empress or concubine would wear during imperial reign.: by machel, Views[425]
         		 Walking through the entrance to the forbidden city which is a huge area in the center of Beijing where the emperors lived. It was opened to the public in 1920 prior to which the penalty for trespassing was death.: by machel, Views[457]
     
    The southern entrance to the Forbidden City at the top of Tienamen Square. They still love Mao.: by machel, Views[439]
         		 We visited a jade factory. This is a Chinese Cabbage which was and still is a staple food in northern China in the winter.: by machel, Views[1028]
         		 Temple of Heaven Park.: by machel, Views[530]
         		 Ming Tombs where a number of emporers were buried. The entrance to this tomb is a secret, all of the workers were killed after building it so they couldn't tell anyone.: by machel, Views[478]
         		 The Bandaling section of the great wall outside of Beijing.: by machel, Views[2208]
     
    More of the Bandaling section, in the summer this section is usually packed with tourists to the point where you can barely walk on it.: by machel, Views[767]
         		 Us on the great wall with a Norwegian girl
         		 Us near the highest point of the Bandaling section.: by machel, Views[558]
         		 This is one the new olympic stadiums that they built in less than a year for the 2008 games.: by machel, Views[536]
         		 The new Olympic swimming arena. Massive...: by machel, Views[5999]
     
    More Great Wall.: by machel, Views[477]
         		 This was at a very cool tea house where we got a demonstration on traditional chinese teas and tried a bunch which ranged from terrible (like rotting fish terrible) to the best tea that we've ever had.: by machel, Views[456]
         		 Had made silk quilt batting at a silk factory with the worms and all.: by machel, Views[790]
         		 Rachel trying to master the Korean BBQ where the grill is on the table and they bring the raw vegetables and meats. Very good, again the secret is in the sauce.: by machel, Views[612]
         		 A chinese acrobat show. : by machel, Views[441]
     
    The imperial Summer Palace outside Beijing where the emporers went to escape the city heat. This lake was hand dug by 100,000
         		 More of the Summer Palace: by machel, Views[592]
         		 A mythical lion outside the buddhist temple.: by machel, Views[895]
         		 The amount of incense they burned at the buddhist temple was overwhelming. People offer it to Buddha in huge cauldrens around the complex.: by machel, Views[514]
         		 All of our luggage which is now lighter and smaller without our winter stuff.: by machel, Views[576]
     
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         		 A quaint town nestled in a small valley just outside Jinan.: by adventure_monkey, Views[327]
         		 Western Cafes are much more plentiful here in Jinan than in Linyi!: by adventure_monkey, Views[303]
     
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         		 Four men engrossed in a game of Majiang near Baotu Spring. It was like I wasn't even there.: by adventure_monkey, Views[325]
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         		 Visiters navigate the bridges as they stroll through the serine Baotu Spring Park: by adventure_monkey, Views[380]
         		 Some traditional tea houses: by adventure_monkey, Views[526]
     
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         		 A peaceful afternoon in Jinan: by adventure_monkey, Views[296]
         		 Cidade bem agradavel : by leo, Views[435]
         		 Sino na Torre do Sino e rua limpa e moderna nessa cidade de quase 7 milhoes de habitantes.: by leo, Views[536]
         		 Alem dos guerreiros ha tambem alguns cavalos.: by leo, Views[522]
     
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