Photo Gallery

  • Forbidden Gates

    Forbidden Gates

    In the Forbidden City

  • Green Tiles

    Green Tiles

    In the Forbidden City

  • Vat Faces

    Vat Faces

    In the Forbidden City

  • Ascending Floor Carvings

    Ascending Floor Carvings

    Ascending dragon floor carvings in the Forbidden City.

  • Forbidden City

    Forbidden City

    In the Forbidden City

  • Roof Tile Dragon

    Roof Tile Dragon

  • La Mian

    La Mian

    Pulled noodles.

  • Beef La Mian

    Beef La Mian

    Beef pulled noodles.

  • Crisp Shrimp

    Crisp Shrimp

  • Tough Horse

    Tough Horse

    Horse meat ... very tough. Will never try horse again.

  • Turtle

    Turtle

    Turtle, etc.

  • Pastries

    Pastries

    Pastry at a restaurant.

  • Sesame Pastries

    Sesame Pastries

    Pastry at a restaurant.

  • Wangfujing Snack Street

    Wangfujing Snack Street

    Lots of seafood and other interesting insects, etc, are deep-fried and sold as snacks.

  • Sea Snacks

    Sea Snacks

    Sticks of seafood (no idea what they really are, even after eating them).

  • Grubs

    Grubs

    Some sort of grub, deep-fried for a snack.

  • Wall Figures

    Wall Figures

    At the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan).

  • Little Suzhou

    Little Suzhou

    Misty area at the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan). Looks a bit like Suzhou.

  • Royal Seat

    Royal Seat

    At the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan).

  • Yiheyuan

    Yiheyuan

    View of the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan).

  • Eggplant

    Eggplant

    Delicious eggplant.

  • Innards

    Innards

    I think they were intestines.

  • Wild Vegetables

    Wild Vegetables

  • Cloisonne Vases

    Cloisonne Vases

    Displayed outside a cloisonne shop in the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)

  • Empress Boat

    Empress Boat

    The stone boat from which the empress used to view the moon. In the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan).

  • Bridge

    Bridge

    At the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan).

  • Ringing the Bell

    Ringing the Bell

    In the lama temple

  • Stone Dragon-Headed Turtle

    Stone Dragon-Headed Turtle

    In the lama temple

  • Money Offerings

    Money Offerings

    In the lama temple

  • A Woman Praying

    A Woman Praying

    In the lama temple

  • Dragon Turtles

    Dragon Turtles

    In the lama temple

  • Beam Paintings

    Beam Paintings

  • Black Stone Guardian

    Black Stone Guardian

  • A Glimpse of Lotus

    A Glimpse of Lotus

  • Metal Vat

    Metal Vat

  • Fearsome Turtle

    Fearsome Turtle

  • Lucky Tree

    Lucky Tree

  • Parapet

    Parapet

  • Fanged Snout

    Fanged Snout

  • Wall Painting

    Wall Painting

  • Petal Net

    Petal Net

  • Dog Drivers

    Dog Drivers

  • Art & Music

    Art & Music

    At a Middle Eastern restaurant.

  • Lamb Shoulder

    Lamb Shoulder

    At a Middle Eastern restaurant.

  • Kebabs

    Kebabs

    At a Middle Eastern restaurant.

  • Twirling Gold

    Twirling Gold

    At a Middle Eastern restaurant.

  • Belly Dancer

    Belly Dancer

    At a Middle Eastern restaurant.

  • Peking Duck

    Peking Duck

    Roasting Peking ducks in a restaurant kitchen.