Sunday, June 19, 2011

Summer Palace

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Entrance to summer palace (where the (Qing) emperor's family spent there time during the summers)

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Where we were trying to get too but there were definitely distractions along the way.

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Warning: If you are white and in China be prepared to be bombarded with people asking to take your picture.

These girls came running up to me really excited and asked to take a picture with me. Emily shao and Danielle wang thought it was hilarious so snapped one too

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An fun path to walk along that we found as we were climbing to the highest point in the complex.

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At the top we found this building...there were thousands of little buddhas on the outside of this building but they were all missing their heads because the french came through and stole them all. From here we made our way down exploring the buildings/temples.

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This hall tells a story. So much detail!

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This guy is awesome. best way to sell something. wear it.

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one of the empresses decided to invest the money that should go into the navy into this boat made of stone.

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