Kids Day # 5-9 Our trip to Beijing

Our Beijing trip took us to as many of the historic and tourist attractions as we could squeeze into 5 days and 4 nights. This list includes: Tiananmen Square , Ming Dynasty Tombs, Peking Duck, Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, The Silk Market, Chinese acrobatic show, and the Olympic stadiums (Watercube and Nest).

Chairman Mao's Tomb

Yes, that is a real Chinese Soldier on guard duty.

The new National Theatre.

Ming Dynasty Tomb

The Great Wall

Our Driver and our tour guide

Snack Street in Beijing. Too many weird "snacks" that I wouldn't try.

Traditional Chinese Hot Pot dinner

The Forbidden City

Overlooking the Forbidden City from Jingshan Park. That is pollution clouding the view, not weather.

A new Tuxedo from my Beijing tailor. Can you beleive they even found my records from buying a suit 18 months before?

Peking Duck for dinner

The summer Palace

The Nest and the Watercube! Way cool.

Inside the Watercube

Sitting in the stands. We wanted to cheer for Michael Phelps.

Inside the Nest. It holds 91,000 fans. Wow!

Eating the Duck head. Which of course Nick had to promptly try.

The Temple of Heaven.

Outdoor Karoke at the Temple of Heavan park.

Our last Beijing meal on the way to the airport.

Nick's new freind, met in Beijing, from New Zealand, and living in Hong Kong.