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Temple of Heaven

Daily Photo – Temple of Heaven

So where do you go in Beijing on the first sunny day of your visit? You could do worse than the Temple of Heaven.

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If Walls Could Talk

Daily Photo – If Walls Could Talk

‘If walls could talk’ was a phrase I used to hear quite often, referring to the silent witnesses to all that goes on within a space. Well maybe this young lady is a wall whisperer – a lady who can hear what the walls have to say.

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Hold on Tight

Daily Photo – Hold on Tight!

Today’s photo, ‘Hold on Tight’ was taken in Tienanmen Square in 1991. I’m not sure what the boy was watching – perhaps all us strange foreigners, perhaps another police squad marching from A to B.

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How to Keep Your Hat On

Daily Photo – How to Keep Your Hat On

Today’s photo, taken on the ‘Spirit Way’ to the Ming Dynasty Tombs outside Beijing shows a novel way to keep your hat on – a large bolt! Of course, in western culture, the bolt ran through the neck (Frankenstein).

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Daily Photo – Didn’t fancy walking then?

“Didn’t fancy walking then?” is what I imagine the policeman standing on the left is saying to the policeman on the bike.

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