Robin, Skip & Laura's Trip to
China
Beijing Day One Friday 17th
After a sixteen hour direct flight from Newark (50 miles from from the
North Pole and over Siberia) to Hong Kong, a two
our layover in Hong Kong, and a 3 hour flight to Beijing, we finally
arrived totally jet-lagged and tired. We crossed the international date
line and after a good nights sleep we joined the others for
sightseeing in the City. On the First Day, we visited the Palace,
Tianenmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and the Pearl
factory.
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They checked our Passports to make sure we were from the same family.
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What we carried Laura on! The emporeres Taxi
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Emporers Throne
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Emporers Greeting area
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Palace entrance
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Forbidden Palace Courtyard
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Courtyard
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Which one is Mao?
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Moat around Forbidden City
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My official Mao Watch
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Thinking Place
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Forbidden City Palace
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Summer Palace Garden
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Summer Palace Lake
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Laura in Summer Palace
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Lunch with the group
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Mao's Tomb
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Forbidden City Entrance
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Palace Entrance
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Sculpture at Summer Palace
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Opening the clam for the Pearls
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Brass Pots
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Robin at Echo Spot in Forbidden City
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Ancient Man Statue
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Rock Wall home
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Roof Lions
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Which is the Pearl
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Summer Palace
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Tianenmen Square
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Summer Palace Lake
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Lake
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Tile Wall in Summer Palace
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Tianenman Square
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Square Monument
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Fire Water Pots in Forbidden City
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Workers Memorial
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Worker Statue with Mao
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The special Pearl Cream "Before Use"
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The special pearl cream "after use"
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