Beijing Series Part 3

Ah, a night on the town in Beijing. Actually, there were many nights on the town but usually only until 10 or so. We never styaed out too late because of the amount of walking and sightseeing that we did.

This picture is of Tian'anmen Square at night. On the left side of the pic is a neat temple. I am not quite sure what it was for or how old it was. On the left is Chairman Mao's Mausoleum. That was weird. People would being lining up at the wee hours in the morning. Eleventy-billion people were there each day to look at his dead body. First, Mao's body was 77 years old when it stopped working. Second, Mao's body has been stuck in the casket for the last 30. His face was glowy orange. I wish I had a picture to show you.


These two pictures are of the 2008 Olympic Mascots. It was a neat spectacle but the mascots are just weird. Speaking of the Olympics, I didn't get to see Olympic Park. We ran out of time. Unfortunately, it seemed that everything was under contruction in all the major tourist sights.
Here is a picture of a cool set of twin towers. The colors were neat. As you can tell, Beijing is not so Chinese. The traditional Chinese architecture is found at the tourist destinations. Beijing, the city, is very modern. It was everything. I could buy anything Western that I could want. Real good milk is hard to come by; Beijing has it. We all enjoyed that very much, though, Brad and Beth really enjoyed it - almost too much. We also indulgedin Mexican, Starbucks, Mom and Pop b-fast places, and McDonalds.

Keep checking in. Forbidden City and the Great Wall are next.