Adelaide Airport
21 de março de 2010, Austrália ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Off to Honkers & China!
Hong Kong Airport
21 de março de 2010, Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Much Later - Hong Kong!
Hong Kong Harbour
22 de março de 2010, Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We started our visit to Hong Kong with a cruise around the harbour!
Ladies Market
23 de março de 2010, Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We had a couple of visits to the world-renowned Ladies Night Market in Monkok. It lived up to the hype, a truly enjoyable and memorable place.
Stanley Market
24 de março de 2010, Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We also did a day tour which included the awesome Stanley Markets!
Beijing
25 de março de 2010, China ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Off to China!
We'd focussed our visit around Beijing as we thought we'd get to jam more into the time we had available to us.
Beijing traffic! Interesting :) Road Lanes appear to be completelyLeia mais
Great Wall of China
25 de março de 2010, China ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Our first visit was to see the Great Wall of China. It was bitterly cold, but the skies were clear. Still some snow on the ground.
An amazing piece of engineering and well worth the drive to see it.
Temple of Heaven
25 de março de 2010, China ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Next stop was the beautiful Temple of Heaven back in Beijing.
Tiananmen Square
27 de março de 2010, China ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
The infamous Tiananmen Square. Could not believe how many people were queued up to see the square. Quite a sobering presence to the place.
The Forbidden Palace
27 de março de 2010, China ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
The Forbidden Palace was really cool! I remembered watching a movie, The Last Emperor, years before and to see the Palace in real was pretty special!
The excess is unbelievable!
The Hutons
27 de março de 2010, China ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
The obligatory Rickshaw ride took us through "the Hutons" which are a group of narrow streets and alleyways dating back to 256BC. We were invited into a local's house for a traditional chinese lunch.
The Summer Palace
29 de março de 2010, China ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
A day trip to the Emperors' Summer Palace rounded out our trip. A very serene and beautiful place.
Adelaide Airport
31 de março de 2010, Austrália ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
And home again!
