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- Soldiers goose-stepping on their way to lower the flag at sunset on Tian’anmen square
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- Good old Mao, looking down over Tian’anmen square
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- Huge bike lane around Tian’anmen square – literally 6 car lanes wide!
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- Beijing rickshaws – think we are ok with our bikes thanks!
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- Drum tower in Beijing
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- Outside the Heavenly Gate in Beijing
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- Beijing hutong
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- Kites flying over the Birds Nest stadium
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- Birds Nest stadium
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- Lots of Chinese lanterns
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- Is there anything you are allowed to do in this park in Beijing?! We particularly like the ‘no sitting’ one in the top right. And yes, there is a stern looking lady there to ensure the regulations are adhered to.
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- Kashgar’s obligatory Mao statue
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- Pot noodles! First decent meal for ages after spending weeks in Tajikistan
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- Camels that we saw soon after crossing the Kyrgyz-Chinese border
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- Noodles drying by the side of the road
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- Rice terraces – making use of every available square inch of land!
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- There’s light at the end of the tunnel….but it’s 3km away!
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- Switchbacks, the Chinese love’em
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- Chinese cyclists out for a day trip near Foping
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- Up in the clouds
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- Our very sexy but very practical cycling ponchos
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- Corn drying, something you see everywhere in the countryside in China
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- Traffic madness in Xi’an
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- Buns steaming
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- Xiangzimen youth hostel in Xi’an, definitely recommended
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- Chinese lanterns!
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- Terracotta army warriors
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- Terracotta army
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- Just a few of an estimated 6000 terracotta soldiers
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- Terracotta horses
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- Spiders on a stick in Beijing night market – hungry anyone?!
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- As above, but scorpions this time – yum yum
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- Pagoda in Fragrant Hills Park in Beijing
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- Peking ducks! (sorry, couldn’t resist)
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- Summer Palace
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- Dragon boats on lake by Summer Palace
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- Getting our day’s pedalling in, even on a day off!
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- The omnipresent Chinese tour group, complete with matching baseball hats and flag
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- Alleyway in Lanzhong
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- Lanzhong
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- Sea of rooves in Lanzhong
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- Glad they put this sign up in the tower in Lanzhong, just in case anyone is feeling suicidal?!
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- And what are the criteria for Perticular People?
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- Big cave near Guangyuan
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- Roadkill – one more reason not to camp round here!
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- Group aerobics in the square of Mian Xian
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- Beijing night market
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- Great wall
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- Us on the great wall!
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- And again
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- Watchtower on Great wall
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- very steep steps!
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- The ‘local’ version of Wal-Mart…
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- Having Peking duck in Peking! Well, had to be done.
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- Could this man fit any more recycling on his moped?!
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- Good old Chinglish, we love it
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- Temple for Prayer for Good Harvest, in the Temple of Heavenly Peace gardens in Beijing
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- Pete makes a new Chinese friend
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- The chopper is all but dead, long live the waving Mr Mao watch (actually it didn’t last long at all)!
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- Forbidden city
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- Bronze elephant in Forbidden city
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- Lion to protect entrance to palace
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- Chinese gargoyles
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- Forbidden city
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- Laughing turtle, which symbolizes peace and stability
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- Big pot, containing water that was historically used in case of fire in the palace
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- Some sort of big teapot
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- Yet another lion
Christine and Pete's Big Cycling Trip 
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