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China 2013
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Courtyard of our hotel in Beijing
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Hutong - old part of Beijing
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In the absence of bread, this was our favorite breakfast
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Front Gate, Beijing
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Tiananmen Square - the world's largest public square. You have to go through security to enter
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Maybe it's not appropriate to show this, but it's so common in China and I want to show the real life
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Gate of Heavenly Peace, leading to the Forbidden City
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Forbidden City - it was off limits for 500 years. Now visited by thousands every day
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Another view of Forbidden City
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Donghuamen Night Market - you can try seafood, snakes or even scorpions
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I tried the small one. No taste, just crunchy
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The Great China Wall in Huangua. We didn't meet many tourists here
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This part of The Wall is not restored, but it's still possible to walk here
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Looking down the way I came from
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Just to compare, this is Badaling, the most popular section of The Great Wall
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The Bird's Nest - Beijing National Stadium
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Typical street in Beijing. We were surprised by how modern it was
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Bicycles are still popular
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Waiting for tourists. These guys offer a tour of the hutong area
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Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple, or simply Lama Temple
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Entering a complex of religious buildings, called The Temple of Heaven
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Walking towards the most important temple
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The Temple of Heaven. Open to the public since 1918
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Leaving Beijing by train from this impressive and well-organized West Station
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Xiahe - a small town in Gansu province. Its' Labrang Monastery is home to the largest number of monks outside of Tibet.
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In late afternoon, monks come to the roofs for prayers
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Small streets of Xiahe
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We didn't go to Tibet because of permits and restrictions, but Xiahe was as close to Tibet as possible
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Buddhist pilgrims
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Young monks following Labrang kora (sacred circumambulation) around the Monastery
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Most people just walk the kora, but some are prostrating their way round
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Boys training inside one of the temples
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They were quite good at this, which means they practice a lot
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Labrang Monastery
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In Poland I no longer see girls playing this game. I guess kids here don't have computers
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Monks left their shoes outside the temple
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Monks after prayers
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A very long line of prayer wheels. Spinning a wheel has the same meritorious effect as orally reciting the prayers
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Buddhist women spinning prayer wheels
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One of many Buddhist temples in Xiahe Labrang Monastery (third in the Tibetan world)
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All day long pilgrims prostrate their way around Labrang Monastery (always clockwise)
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Xiahe was the most memorable place of all China. Highly recommended!