Beijing Trip, Part I

Dad went on a business trip to PRC from July 18th to July 23rd and he took Mom along. The official customers visits were on July 20 and 21 and they spend the other days touring Beijing as Mom was there before only for business and no sight-seeing.

It is good that Dad and Mom go out more often when they have the time and energy to do so.

As most first-time tourists to Beijing usually do, Dad and Mom went through the old strees, visited the Forbidden City, the Tien An Man Square, the Tien-Tan, North Sea Garden on the 19th; took 2 hours off of business visits on th 20th to the Bird's Nest and Water Cubic where the Olympics were held; climbed part of Great Wall and I-Her-Yuan (Empress Chi-Shi's private garden) on the 22nd.

The old streets of Beijin.

Next they went to Tien-Tan, where the emperors worshiped the Gods in the sky.

It is said that if you stand on this exact round spot and talks, you will be able to hear echos.

The next stop is the Forbidden City. As it was a Sunday and summer vacation, there were simply too many peope to take a good close view of anything. Not many photos were taken as the result of the crowd.

Right next to the Forbidden City is the Tien An Man Square. There were not many security now compared to early June as June 4th 2009 was the 20th year anniversary of the Tien An Man Square Massacre. Now it is full with tourists.

They ended the day's tour with the North Sea Garden. Mom loved the tress there. Standing next to the trees, you could not tell that it is over 36 degree celcius.