More good news! Jason and I booked the next adventure, the trip to Nepal. We are going to Nepal to climb a 20,000 ft. mountain, then to Truk to dive some crazy wrecks, then Jason is heading to Hawaii and I'm heading to Australia, Fiji and Hawaii. I can't believe I'm going to Nepal!!
On to the pics:
The birdnest from the Olympics, it really was an impressive structure.
Qinian Hall, part of the Temple of Heaven structure. It was huge and really intricate, as most of the Chinese structures were.
I'm at the Temple of Heaven, where the Ming and Qing emporer's went to give thanks to the God's and ask for a good harvest.
Randomly I was walking from the Temple of Heaven to Tienamen Square, and went by an opera house, and I thought this lion was pretty cool!
We ended up at a Jade factory, the carvings were pretty impressive.
Great Wall! Of course, notice the haze. You need to view the full size pic to really see how the wall wanders through the hills. I still can't imagine building this wall, or the manpower it actually took to create the thousands of mile of wall.
Also, look at all the people. It was Chinese holidays as well, so they were all over the shop!
Yup, I was there :)
This was the entry point for a Ming emperor who had died, they would carry him through this gate and another couple miles to the final burial place.
The Ming Tombs, this guy was guarding somebody important, couldn't tell you who :) But my Mom and I are helping!!
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