Beijing Day #2

We started our day with going to Tiannemen Square and walking around there. We then went into a garden that was right next to the Forbidden City (one of my favourite places to visit) before heading into the Forbidden City. Being that this was my second time in the forbidden city, I guided Ray around and we basically spent the morning there.

After the Forbidden City, we went to one of the suggested duck restaurants, which was one of our best meals in Beijing, duck, while very fatty, is soooo soooo good.

We then headed to the Lama Temple, which had this huge Buddha statue that they claim was built from one tree trunk, this thing was huge, so it was almost impossible to think that they used one tree trunk, I mean this thing was huge.

Finally we headed to the Summer Palace, which was an absolutely huge park with pagodas and a lake, it started to rain so our time there was petty limited, but the place was still pretty neat.

We ended the night with a meal at a Tibetan restaurant, Makye Ame. The food was very good, although the homemade Barley Wine was the worst drink I have ever had in my life. The night was made right when a bunch of Tibetan singers and dancers came on stage to perform for about an hour. This was definitely one of the highlights of the whole trip. Some good food and a nice little Tibetan show, made for an all around good meal.