2. 2009

Beijing, China

Stepping foot on Chinese soil sort of sinks in how big this trip really is. We spent several days in Beijing visiting the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, and a number of other places and things.
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Delicious food steams away in an open window along a narrow hutong.
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Delicious food steams away in an open window along a narrow hutong.

BeijingChina2009

  • Trees lightly shadow the trail as we head back down off the wall.
  • The massive entrance of Beijing West train station towers overhead.
  • An enormous truckload of fresh fruit is laid out in a stand along one of the small hutongs.
  • I may be an American, but I know what is and is not a banana. They're not fooling me!
  • Delicious food steams away in an open window along a narrow hutong.
  • A Chinese woman sells fresh cooked food in a hutong near the train station.
  • The winter chill keeps a woman under covers in a tunnel passing under the road.
  • Beijing's West train station rises enormously above the surrounding streets, giving the impression more of a castle of sorts than a national hub of transportation.
  • Local street vendors hawk their wares even in the frigid chill of a December evening.
  • There is no way to represent the hustle and clamor of Beijing's West train station, but while waiting for our train to Chengdu I gave it a bit of an effort.
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