China

In 1998 I made a flying trip to Beijing, China. I managed to pack a lot of places into my itinerary visiting the Hutong area, Forbidden City, Great Wall and many other interesting areas including a back street eating house where nobody spoke a word of English, my friend and I managed to get ourselves a meal by pointing at the food on other tables, quite an experience. On this particular visit I used a film camera so I have had to scan the following images using a film scanner which unfortunately does not give the best quality.

Great Wall of China
Abseiling Window Cleaners	One of the bridges at Summer Palace Gateway to Ming Walkway
An Incense Building	Elephant Statue on the Ming Walkway
Part of the Forbidden City
Marble Ramp in the Forbidden City In front of the Forbidden City	Forbidden City Forbidden City Forbidden City Bedroom
Some of the Roofs on The Temple of Heaven
Temple of Heaven	Temple of Heaven
Hutong Street	Cleaner in Hutong Coal used for fuel in homes
Cycling in Beijing	Pedicabs and drivers Bikes laden with goods
Marble Boat called Qingyanfang" (Boat of Clearness and Comfort), built in 1755. This is a land boat for decoration and is at the Summer Palace Beijing Visitor	Beijing Visitors
Tiananmen Square Stork at Summer Palace	Great Wall Tower Soldier on The Great Wall Tiananmen Square
Rest Room near The Great Wall	Waiting at the Station
Hutong Drum. Every evening, at 7 o'clock the time-keepers would beat the drum thus officially starting the night hours. The drum would be struck every two hours until 5 in the morning.	Waiting at the Station Old Hutong Building
Street Trader	Bamboo scaffolding and roofer
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