Monday, March 7, 2011

Summer Palace & Lama Temple

Long Corridor - the beams along the length of this 2,388 ft walkway is decorated with over 14,000 scenic paintings.
The Tower of the Fragrance of the Buddha
The grounds of the Summer Palace covers 716 acres and has 3 lakes.
There is a 55 ft statue of Maitreya (the Future Buddha) carved from a single block of sandalwood. We could not take a picture of it.
Lama Temple

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Great Wall of China





It is an amazing experience... The day for our visit was warm and sunny, however there was still snow on the wall.