Beijing Pictures!

This was one of my favorite pictures that was taken. It looks better when its bigger but you get the idea.


As you can see, this version of the wall was packed. Imagine getting lost in the tidal wave of people. Scary!

Here's a picture of about a third of the group that I took.





Our group atop the rural version of the Great Wall.








I was sitting on the top step here. The terrain was a little sketchy I must admit but we suffered no injuries.








It was a bit bright yet foggy when we were on the wall. This picture is from the top of the structure you can see two pictures above this.





The gondola we took at the "urban version of the wall." We were quite high.












If you look close enough you can see the Olympic Torch at the top of our hands. We stole this picture idea from some happy looking Chinese people.












The Olympic Torch at night on top of the Birds Nest




These girls had actually stared at us from afar with the intent to come and take pictures but were too embarassed to ask and started walking away. Therefore, we thought we'd brighten up there day so we ran up to them and asked if they would take pictures with us. They giggled a lot and loved it.









I was hoping to see this event but had to settle for a comical picture.












Inside the birds nest.








The Water Cube at night.








A wheel chair race.





Lining up for men's 200m. A few of these athletes had only one leg and therefore used those crazy looking metal/aluminum legs. They were quick!









The Temple of Heaven








The Chinese Acrobats - if you look closely you can see that two of the performers jumped off that platform onto the board which propelled the airborn performer up onto the top of the human tower. Pretty legit.








Spinning plates while doing crazy stunts.





Strength and flexibility aren't an issue for these guys.











The ceiling in one of the temples.












A statue inside of one of the temples. This was interesting because while I was taking pictures, other people were bowing before this "goddess" and praying to it or worshipping it.




The Chinese like their lions and other mythical looking creatures.