How now, it's Mao

Backtracking a little bit... On Sunday I did the major sites of Beijing. Tiananmen, the Forbidden City, the Maosuleum, the great hall of the people etc... It was a very long day and by the end I was exhausted. Tiananmen is grey to match the sky. It is a highly revered place amongst the populace. The Forbidden city was pretty amazing but rather tiring, it stretches for kilometres on end!!!
The highlight of Beijing was the Great wall. We climbed, scrambled and walked 10kms from Jindanling on the Mongol side to Simitai... 4 km of which was restored. It made for a very tiring day, but it was well worth seeing the blue sky at the end of the day. It is an amazingly peaceful place. Must head, others are waiting, but here are some more pics (including Starbucks at the Forbidden city and Mao and I).