Honk Kong
clearing the Beijing airport security
Beijing airport's gigantic ceiling
Taking the shuttle to the baggage claim area
Typical social housing, on my way to the hotel
From the lounge of the Shangri-La hotel on the 12th floor
CCTV tower
Tian'anmen
After that one, I was asked by a cop not to take pictures...
South entrance of the forbidden city
Card players near the forbidden city entrance
First steps in the forbidden city
Getting into the 2nd layer of the palace
Entering the 3rd layer of housing
in the 3rd layer of the palace
Getting into the 4th level
The stairs leading down to the 4th layer of the palace
The emperor throne
Guarding the entrance to the private garden
in the private garden
Leaving the private garden
South entrance of Jingshan park
Jingshan park
Roof of the temple at the top of Jingshan's hill
in Jingshan park's northern part
Chinese chess players in the park
Tricycles, human or two-stroke powered, are common things once one leaves the main avenues
Walking to the bell tower, I'm getting into the other faces of Beijing
Houhai lake
The drum tower
Getting off the main streets to get to the drum tower
This is how the old Beijing looks like: small villages inside the city
In the Lama temple
Inside the first boudhist temple of the Lama temple
the main temple of the Lama temple
When pop kid culture collides with Boudha
Turning the prayer mill
The lama temple
A giant status of budha carved in one single piece of wood
Pure socialist housing...
and more...
Arriving to the olympic park from the east
The bird nest
The aquatic center (looking west)
Olympic park (looking south west)
Lots of small vendors in front of the stadium. selling souvenirs and food
The Olympic torch building overlooks the Olympic park
Amazing building, isn't it?
Beijing CBD (Central Business District)
Can you see the CCTV headquaters reflection?
The CCTV headquarters, still under construction
the CCTV headquarters
Modern china in one pic. Check out the red billboard...
Lots of constructions everywhere
Say hello to chairman mao
