Having left Beijing late in the afternoon due to delays, we drove late to reach our nights destination. It was just that…a destination and a bed for the night…so noodles were dinner as we stopped at the service centre. The…

Leaving the hotel about 7am, we caught the metro to the Summer Palace. It was about a 40 minute train trip and we arrived at the palace when it opened. It was an amazing, large set of palace buildings situated…

We left the hotel and our first visit today was Tiananmen Square. We walked from there to the entrance to the Forbidden City. Once upon a time commoners were executed if they entered but for 60 Yuan each (about $10) we…

Leaving the hotel by bus early we made the drive out to the Great Wall…the section called Mutianyu. There were several choices to get up to the wall…cable car or chairlift or of course walking. With only a few hours…