Today was my last day in Beijing. I am going to Datong tomorrow. After this city, I may detour into Mongolia for a few days or head South to a city near Xi’an. Here are a few more pictures around Beijing, including the Temple of Heaven park and the new Olympic Stadium.
Yesterday I made it inside the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. The weather did not always cooperate (it started raining later in the day) but the sights were still interesting.
I arrived in Beijing yesterday. While it was misting and foggy all day, I was still able to make it to to a couple of the more famious places, Tienanmen square and the Forbidden City, and will continue exploring today.
Today was my last day studying Chinese in Harbin. I am currently in Shenyang (a few hundred miles south of Harbin) and will board a train to Beijing in about an hour. After visiting Beijing I plan on seeing may other locations, so check back here for more frequent updates then of late. Also, I will not be on the [...]
While walking around Harbin recently I found about a 15 block area in the middle of town that was being prepared for modern apartment and office buildings. However, as the area already has buildings, they have to need to be torn down first. The scene was quite different from construction (or demolition) sites I have [...]