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| Zhu Dong proved to be an excellent
guide, here we are at the Summer Palace, an immense park of lakes,
hills and gardens. |
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Once the summer retreat of the Emperor
and his retinue it is now mainly a tourist attraction. |
| A leisurely stroll by the side of the
lake through a covered walkway with our guide explaining about the
paintings and architecture leads to a mooring. |
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This is not the boat we were taken back
to our starting point but one made out of what appeared to be
concrete! Very impressive all the same. |
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This man made lake is huge and the boat trip back very welcome.
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Enkhbold looking pensive, perhaps thinking that soon he will be the
guide, not the tourist.
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Back to the hotel and for a change a meal out at a Tai restaurant.
Very interesting with dancers, good food and drink all but for the
fact that the waiters would occasionally bring out a live snake and
kill it in front of the diner who had ordered this delicacy. Well,
at least you knew it was fresh........
The next day was a free day, we wandered round the Friendship
store buying souvenirs and then walked all the way down to Tiananmen
Square in the blistering heat. At last the haze and smog had lifted
making the temperature rocket.
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We met up with a
couple of Chinese students who invited us into the nearby art gallery where
there was a sale of students work. It was a welcome relief to find that the
interior was air conditioned and after plying us with tea we bought a couple of
their pieces of art work which are now hanging on the wall at home.
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