Photos from our last few days, spent in Beijing - mostly Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.

After the trek, we spent a few days in Beijing, staying at the Exhibition Centre hotel. Here are some photos from those days, mostly taken on the morning spent on Tiananmen Square and in the Forbidden City.

The Great Hall of the People, on the west side of Tiananmen Square.

The impressive Monumnent to the Peoples' Heroes which forms the centrepiece Tiananmen Square. I really like the way the gold lettering caught the sunlight...

Don't ask me why I'm trying to look 'ard, because it's a complete mystery to me. Anyway, here I am on Tiananmen Square, with the Tiananmen Gate (the entrance to the Forbidden City) behind me.

The entrance to the Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of Chinese Revolution, on the east side of Tiananmen Square.

I was very impressed by this Soviet-style monument to the revolution, located just west of the entrance to Mao's Mausoleum. There's another view of the same statue here.

Another view of the statue seen here.

Here's the Tiananmen Gate, at the north end of Tiananmen Square - the entrance to the Forbidden City.

Easily the tallest Chinese I saw on the trip, these guys sauntered past while we were busy photographing each other at Tiananmen Square. Presumably theie extreme height made them ideal candidates for the important task of wandering around the square intimidating the tourists. :-)

Aaaawwwww, how sweet... A kid on an ickle truck. Bless.

All hail.

Nice.