Tokyo by night

Found our way to some government buildings with a free observation deck on 45th floor

Was great to see Tokyo come alive with all the lights, they are famous for the neon lights

Train trip back to Yokohama was incrediable,  peak hours was in full swing, people packed in like sardines, & most were asleep on their feet

Tokyo

After transferring to the ship this morning, we dumped our bags & headed off on the train into Tokyo from Yokohama

Skyline from Imperial palace

Guard house

1.  Check out the white swan floating by on cue

Forbidden city Beijing

 The Forbidden city is huge  99999 rooms, massive complex for Emperor & Empress

Emperor had 3000 concubines,  busy man !

 How cute is this little guy

Just love this backpack of Lady bird

Bob at Tiananmen square opposite Forbidden city

Summer Palace - Beijing

Crowds of people everwhere you go in Beijing,  23  million people call it home

Summer palace is about 1/2 hours drive from city, out on lake so it would get a nice breeze during the hot summer months

Dragon boat taking people out on the lake for a ride to the other side

Great Wall

After our trip to Ming tombs & visit to Jade factory, we had an 1

hour drive thru the mountains to the Great wall

WOW this is what we had heard & read about & now we are walking on the wall
Absolutely amazing

Toboggan rub down side of mtn , unfortunately we ran out of time to ride it down, so back on the chair lift

Markets at bottom of the wall

Ming tombs