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Chengde

Joyce, Aldri and I went to the nearby city of Chengde for the day this past saturday (11/6). It was awesome, except for the bus rides there are back which were terrible. Chengde is about 250km northeast of Beijing and home to the Qing Emperors' Imperial Summer Villa, as well as many other temples and attractions. The Imperial Summer Villa is larger than Beijing's Summer Palace and Forbidden City combined, so we didn't have nearly enough time to explore it all. In fact, we only were at the Villa for an hour or two and spent much of the day at Puning Temple and Putuozongcheng Temple, where they have a Potala Palace look-a-like. Then it got cold, so we retreated to Beijing. Oh yeah, and we all took a lot of pictures of each other, but I've tried to keep the absurd pictures of each other taking pictures to a minimum.
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Prayer flags blowing in the wind.
Prayer flags blowing in the wind.		 Me taking a picture in front of the leaning tower of Potala.
Me taking a picture in front of the leaning tower of Potala.		 Inner courtyard of the Red Palace.
Inner courtyard of the Red Palace.		 Joyce and Aldri at the top.
Joyce and Aldri at the top.
They were hard at work renovating the temple, this guy was their elevator.
They were hard at work renovating the temple, this guy was their elevator.		 This guy was taking a break from his work.
This guy was taking a break from his work.		 Random guy wanting to take his picture with the foreigner.
Random guy wanting to take his picture with the foreigner.		 Taken by strapping camera to my hand and leaning over the edge.
Taken by strapping camera to my hand and leaning over the edge.
This is what it took to get the previous picture.
This is what it took to get the previous picture.		 Yet another jumping picture, I wonder what the people in the background were thinking...
Yet another jumping picture, I wonder what the people in the background were thinking...		 Strangely orange walkway.
Strangely orange walkway.		 Greatest. Picture. Ever.
Greatest. Picture. Ever.
The Potala mock-up in the distance.
The Potala mock-up in the distance.		 The whole Putuozengcheng Temple.
The whole Putuozengcheng Temple.		 No Recovery Box! In the Imperial Summer Villa now.
No Recovery Box! In the Imperial Summer Villa now.		 Covered walkways in the Imperial Summer Villa museum.
Covered walkways in the Imperial Summer Villa museum.
Lake area in the Villa.
Lake area in the Villa.		 Low sunlight on the lakeshore.
Low sunlight on the lakeshore.		 Aldri and Joyce in front of the lake.
Aldri and Joyce in front of the lake.		 And on the bridge.
And on the bridge.
The three of us on the bridge (I'm standing about a foot lower than them, hehe).
The three of us on the bridge (I'm standing about a foot lower than them, hehe).		 More reflections as we quickly lose light.
More reflections as we quickly lose light.		 Joyce and Aldri. It's a nice shot of them, but they look a little cold...
Joyce and Aldri. It's a nice shot of them, but they look a little cold...		 Here they are in their more natural state.
Here they are in their more natural state.
Obligatory posing-with-statue pictures.
Obligatory posing-with-statue pictures.		 Playing with the children.
Playing with the children.		 Me being weird while Joyce looks on.
Me being weird while Joyce looks on.		 This is how I spent our very cold, very long bus ride back to Beijing.
This is how I spent our very cold, very long bus ride back to Beijing.
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