Photos and videos around the Great Wall Sheraton hotel in Beijing in which we stayed for three days in 2008 ahead of a cruise organised by Princess Cruises.
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Tagged with: "November 2008"
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Chinese Silk Factories
Photographs from two silk factories in China.
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The Beijing National Aquatics Centre, Water Cube
Photos and video from inside the Water Cube, the Olympic swimming pool used in the 2008 games held in Beijing, China.
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Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium, Beijing
Photos and videos from inside the Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing, China, taken in 2008.
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Olympic Stadium Area, Beijing
Photos from amongst the main venues of the 2008 summer Olympics held in Beijing, China.
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The Great Wall of China
Videos and photographs from a return trip between Beijing and the portion of the Great Wall of China just to its north taken in 2008.
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Summer Palace, Beijing
A short visit to the tranquil setting of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, including a short boat trip out onto the lake there.
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Tiananmen Square
Photos and a short piece of video during a stop at Tiananmen Square while we were staying in Beijing for a few days prior to embarking on our honeymoon cruise.
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The Forbidden City
The second organised activity on our penultimate day in China would be a wander through Beijing‘s Forbidden City, only a short stroll across one road from the northern end of Tiananmen Square which had been our first tourist stop and which you’ll already have read because you like reading things […]
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Beijing Hutongs
Video of a pedicab ride through Beijing to the Hutongs and photos of the area around there plus a short stop at public gardens.
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