A visit to the Summerpalace - in a storm


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MAP 1 Beijing-Yingxian

5. Beijing-LouCun 06.04.08

6. Lou Cun-YudouCun 07.04.08

7. YudouCun-Laiyuan 08.04.08

8. Laiyuan-Wangzhuang 09.04.08

9. Wangzhuang-Hunyuan 10.04.08

MAP 2 Yingxian-Taiyuan

10. Hunyuan-Dai Xian 11.04.08

11. Dai Xian-Xinzhou 12.04.08

12. Xinzhou-Taiyuan 13.04.08

MAP 3 Taiyuan-Linfen

13. Taiyuan-Pingyao 14.04.08

14. Pingyao 15.04.08

15. PingyaoHuozhou 16.04.08

16. Houzhou-Xiangfen 17.04.08

17. Xiangfen-Hejin 18.04.08

MAP 4 Linfen-Weinan

18. Hejin-Heyang 19.04.08

19. Heyang-Dali 20.04.08 Heyang-Dali

20. Dali-Xi'an 21.04.08

21. Xi'an 22.04.08

22. Xi'an 23.04.08

23. Xi'an 24.04.08

24. Xi'an 25.04.08

MAP 5 Weinan-Hanzhong

25. Xi'an-Mazhao 26.04.08

26. Mazhao-Yangxian 27.04.08

27. Yangxian-Mian Xian 28.04.08

28. Mian Xian-Ningqiang 29.04.08

29. Ningqiang-Guangyuan 30.04.08

MAP 6 Hanzhong-Mianyang

30. Guangyuan-Jianmen Pass 01.05.08

31. Jianmen Pass-Zitong 02.05.08

32. Zitong-Loujiang 03.05.08

33. Luojiang-Chengdu 04.05.08

34. Chengdu 05.05.08

35. Chengdu 06.05.08

36. Chengdu 07.05.08

37. Chengdu 08.05.08

38. Chengdu 09.05.08

MAP 7 Mianyang-Maoxian

39. Chengdu-Dujiangyan 10.05.08

40. Dujiangyan-Miansi 11.05.08

41. Miansi-Maoxian 12.05.08

42. Maoxian 13.05.08

43. Maoxian 14.05.08

44. Maoxian 15.05.08

45. Maoxian 16.05.08

46. Maoxian 17.05.08

47. Maoxian 18.05.08

48. Maoxian-Chengdu 19.05.08

49. Chengdu-Chongqing 20.05.08

50. Chongqing-Wanzhou 21.05.08

51. Yangtze River 22.05.08

52. Yangtze River-Wuhan 23.05.08

53. Wuhan 24.05.08

54. Beijing 25.05.08

55. Beijing 26.05.08

56. Beijing 27.05.08

57. Beijing 28.05.08

58. Beijing 29.05.08

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English Version 58

Thursday 29.05.08
Beijing
 
Today I rent a bike for 15 RMB. It`s at least newer.
If you just stay in the courtyard for some time, you can use a lot of time there because there are always people to talk to. Germans, English, Argentinians, Dutch, Danes, Swedes...They`re all there.
 

All has to be ready for the olympics in august 2008, so there is construction work all over town. Especially in the hutong where Far East is. It's all done in the traditional way.


All is.... ....constructed.... ....in the traditional way

 

The wind is blowing today and the wind has blown the dust from the past days away. Yesterday you could see down the big streets how they disappeared in a brown mist. Today there are clouds all right, but the sun is shining and the sky is BLUE! So I did see the blue sky not only in Maoxian.
I bump into a pagoda I want to take a photo of, but it shows it`s surrounded by industry and enclosed workers buildings, so getting to the other side because the light is better there shows to be impossible.
 


Pagoda in industrial area A bicycle is ideal for transportation Who is allowed to cycle here?

 

It`s a nice route I`ve planned, but a lot of it goes along water which is normally fine but now it`s much too open for this wind.
Long before coming to the Palace I see low mountains closing in and when I get there, the lake has mountains on two sides. It`s beautiful but here it`s a storm blowing across the water, where you normally can hire boats, but not today.
 


Beijing license plate The Summerpalace The bridge with the 18 arches

 

It`s not only for tourists. As it has been the case many of the places I`ve visited there are huge areas around that`s good for a picnic and at the island which you enter by a bridge with 18 arches there`s sound of music and dancing. Just now it`s women dancing with each other.
I have a fine but rather windy afternoon here. I have to grab my cap several times to prevent it from flying away when I walk along the lake while the willows` branches are stretched out horisontally.
At a moment I wonder if I locked the bike? I can`t remember having done so, and quite right: it`s not locked when I return, but no one has touched it. I put the key into the lock to be sure it`s the right one.
It`s much easier to get back!

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