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The Forbidden City

Yellow River waterfront shrine Yaks in transit Woodworker on Kong Tong Mountain White pagoda on Lanzhou water front What folks carry on their 3 wheelers Went through a 4km tunnel to emerge to this We awoke to this sight in Tianzhu Walking your pig to market Very dirty riding on the coal route Up the pass Toddlers wear slit pants to make excretion easy This is enough beer Terracotta horsemen Taoist Monastery Switchbacks to Chunhua Sweet potato vendor in Lanzhou Sunlit courtyard with solar kettle Striking camp at Great Wall Spectacularly mangled roadsign Snowy hills Sheep surround us at Great Wall campsite Sheep Dead and alive Shanny preparing for a snow ride Roadside fish seller Red chillies against white mountains Ornate incense burner at Buddha pagoda Open air snooker tables are a common site One of our lunch stops Old man glasses for sale Muslim Night Market Xian Mr Chang pyromaniac Manon Trine on Great Wall Magnificent terracing Lanzhou Ladies harvesting sugar beet Lacquer work in Xian King of the dunes Knut Jimmy with felt cloaked shepherd Inflated pigskin floats Hills covered in autumn hues Great Wall party Great Wall campsite Great Buddha Pagoda in Zhangye Grandpa takes grandson for a bike ride Graeme sliding down the dunes Fine regal beasts Farmers on a smoke break at top of pass Face of 37m long reclining Buddha in Zhangye Everyman and beast is involved in the harvest Every villager harvests and dries corn Evening in autumn Drum Tower Zhangye Early morning at Great Wall camp Donkey trouble Distant pagoda Did Max get cold... Descending to greener lands Dan and Nicole Daily dishes chore Shanny and Joost Cycling in the snow Corn green tea mustard seed harvests Clive and Max set out in the snow Chinese style greenhouses roof is off Caves excavated in hillside Bleak and windswept up here Bell Tower in Xian looking towards Drum Tower Beautiful backyard gardens Audince of kids on our party evening Astounding number of Terracotta warriors As the broken warriors were excavated Ancient peaceful Taoist village alonside dirty modern factory Al receives Fancy Pants award Abandoned gas station used for corn drying A winter spectacle