BEIJING

Metal dinosaur in the Gobi desert. There are lots of fossils here.
The overnight bus from Erlian/Erenhot to Beijing with reclining leather seats, but unfortunately catering for little Chinese legs and not fat European ones. Furry blankets supplied. A very creepy way to wake up.
Morning sunshine in the smog
Smoggy Beijing, but surprisingly green
The view from the Bell tower
The courtyard in the hostel
BEIJING
Cooking breakfast in the street. Deep fried bits of dough
My local shopping street
Choosing the best melon in a back alley
Wheeling a bike through the hutong
Cooking offal
Chickens for sale
Builders on their way home
Drying clothes in the street.
Posing in Tiananmen Square, with Mao in the background. All women carry umbrellas to keep their skin beautiful and pale
A guardian lion
Offering incense
Confucius
Sacrificial objects in the temple to Confucius
Confucius’ writings carved in stone
In the ornamental garden of the Forbidden City
Bamboo broomstick
Roofs in the Forbidden City
Desperate to catch a glimpse inside the Forbidden City
Inside a palace of the Forbidden City
Around the Great Wall
Drumming in the drum tower, a way of keeping time
Peking Duck
Thousand year old egg
The girl who asked to be my friend in a Beijing park