A week in Beijing Aug ' 05 (1).

Selected photos from a week in Beijing, starring Ravi, Rob and Kathy.


1. Chopsticks and cooking at the table in a moat around a wizened, metal, sorting hat


2. Forbidden City from Tiananmen Square


3. Mao at the Gate of Heavenly Peace
(white-shirted chap on't balcony over the portrait for scale)



4. A united front and Mao












5. One of many temples in the Forbidden City




6. Last Emporer's gym?, Meridian Gate, Forbidden City











7.Peddlars, and customers waiting for duck hot pot, Dazhalan St hutong

A week in Beijing (2).

8. Being ordered out of Tiananmen Square, big guns behind









9. The Great Wall snaking away
















10. The Great Wall

11. The steep Great Wall














12. Old and new buildings

A week in Beijing (3).

13. Half-constructed buildings disappearing into smog





14. A Summer Palace temple

















Rickshaws 'parked' outside Panjiayan Market







And, of course, Mikael Silvestre even endorses the Man Utd brand in Beijing!











You can buy anything in Beijing, even bonsai M&Ms trees!