A restaurant I was more interested in was the one on the ground floor. It seemed like a dim sum styled restaurant, and it looked more appealing than the meal we had a few floors above.

The wall stretches for thousands of kilometers, and even segmented, it is a magnificent structure.

One of the popular teas offered in many shops is a flowering tea, which starts off as a closed round ball, and opens up once in water, as this one did.

I was surprised to see a tower quite far from the Forbidden City. I am still not sure what its function was.

The Summer Palace never stops giving great views, especially with the famed Long Corrider.

A platoon of soldiers who patrol Tiananmen.