Don't know why I was finally able to get out to this login or see the blog, but here are some pics from yesterday at the Great Wall, Mings Tomb and Tienaman Square. I will write a longer dialogue later.
These are from Mutianyu spot at the Wall. I walked to the left to the higest spot there but the wall also goes to the right. You get up to the base of the wall by riding a 'cable car' type of gandola. You can take a ski chair lift type of ride up there and then take an 'Alpine Slide' type of ride down but I choose the safe way.
At Tienanman Square the folks were waiting for the National Flag to be taken down. The picture of the road {last picture} is inbetween their 'White House' and Tienanman Square itself. Think about what happened there in June of 1989. It was a moving time to be there and think about the uprising that happened at that site.
The coins on the red background were coins that were found under some of the folks buried in the Ming Dynasty's Tombs. They are of different weight and size.
Also...some of those solider type things were found with the bodies {if my memory serves me right}.
All in all it was really interesting to look at some of the spots of major historical significane.
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/T/htmlT/tiananmensqu/tinananmensqu.htm
Love to all.
5 comments:
Hey, Poke, these are great pics: good enough for a tour booklet. But you could get some of those hi tech friends, peers, drivers, etc., to operate your camera and get you in the pics, too, couldn't you?
I am awestruck at all that you see and do. It is so interesting to have one of my offspring in such historic places and be able to share it with the rest of us.
HG
How neat to have these people from so many different countries and backgrounds all working together as a team on the same great thing! Thanks for posting all these pics. We love "beware of glass". Sometimes the glass is too clean and you really need that!
Visst ar Peking helt fantastiskt. Att se pa dina bilder darifran far mig verkligen att vilja aka dit igen. Maste vara kul att fa traffa sa manga manniskor ifran hela varlden.
Tanker pa er och hoppas allting ar bra med er alla.
Manga kramar vicke
Hey, I come your blog occosionally. Really love here especially the little girl. Does she call JOJO? How nice her smile is! Best wishes for u and ur family!
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