Elderly Woman

This is going down the stairs at the great wall notice how steep it is.
I saw several elderly on the wall, the had excitement and were earger to push on.

The Great Wall

The wall is been under repair, remember the wall is over 2000 years old.
The stairs are steep and there is not standard size

Picture taken with a Great Rock

Alan went to have his photo taken, then this guy wakes up tring to get paid.

The Marriage broker and the street vender

The Marriage boker encoraged me to accept her marriage request, she would be a loyale hard worker and could give me many children outside of China

Entrance to the Great Wall

The great wall is about one hour north of Beijing. At the Great Wall You can feel the cold winds from Siberia

Fortune teller

This forune teller told me I would be back, but warned Nahid and Mina to be careful what comes out of their mouth.

Who the Hell is Mao

These are two of my friends (Nahid and Mina) that came with me to China, They are from Iran, knew nothing about China. They wanted to travel with me but were not at all interested in China. Now they tell people it was the best trip they went on.

Commrade

My Cutie... a little Maoist

Carved Marble

This is a single slab of marble with nine dragons in clouds. Imagine what it took to move this

Military Guard

The Military Guard in the Forbidden City, they do not like to have their photo taken.
Do you see Hugo in anywhere in this photo

Fire Briggade in the Forbidden City

These huge containers held water and were used to put out fire.
But who could carry one of these.

Entrance to the Forbidden City

Originally there was an outer and an inner city with a total of 9,999 1/2 buildings just a 1/2 building away from 10,000 (the number for heaven)

The Forbidden City

This is the entrance to the Forbidden city/
I was amazed when I saw Versailles, but Versailles is nothing compared to the forbidden city
It is a must see during your lifetime

Photos of China