DAILY PHOTO: Back Lake Pagoda

Taken in July of 2008 in Beijing.

Taken in July of 2008 in Beijing.

DAILY PHOTO: Walking Amid the Big Guns

Taken in the summer of 2008 in Beijing at the Military Museum.

Taken in the summer of 2008 in Beijing at the Military Museum.

DAILY PHOTO: The Red Wall

Taken in the summer of 2008 in the Beijing Military Museum

Taken in the summer of 2008 in the Beijing Military Museum

 

DAILY PHOTO: Beijing from the Drum Tower

Taken in the summer of 2008 in Beijing China.

Taken in the summer of 2008 in Beijing China.

DAILY PHOTO: Soviet T-62 in Beijing

Taken in July of 2008 in Beijing's Military Museum

Taken in July of 2008 in Beijing’s Military Museum

DAILY PHOTO: A Walk in the Park

Taken in the summer of 2008 in a small park in Beijing's Central Business District

Taken in the summer of 2008 in a small park in Beijing’s Central Business District

Beijing has workout equipment all over the place–mostly in parks, but sometimes just by the side of the road. One sees the same sorts of things in Bangkok, and even Phnom Penh has exercise equipment on the river front strip of park.

DAILY PHOTO: Cash Offerings in the Ming Tombs

Taken in the Summer of 2008, outside Beijing

Taken in the Summer of 2008, outside Beijing

This didn’t turn out so well because in the Ming tombs it’s dark as… well, a tomb. However, it was interesting to see all this cash piling up on the floor. This is the Ding–or Dingling–tomb

DAILY PHOTO: Dining in the Forbidden City

Taken in the summer of 2008 in the Forbidden City (Beijing, China)

Taken in the summer of 2008 in the Forbidden City (Beijing, China)

If you were a concubine in Imperial China, this is the kind of room in which you might take your meals.

DAILY PHOTO: Wind-up Bird

I caught this little bird mid-hop in Beijing, ironically near the Olympic sporting venue called “the Bird’s Nest.”
Taken in Beijing in the summer of 2008 near the Olympic venues

Taken in Beijing in the summer of 2008 near the Olympic venues

DAILY PHOTO: In the Forbidden City

Taken in the summer of 2008

Taken in the summer of 2008