Walk to Behai Park
My plans went a little awry so I ended up deciding on a trip to Behai Park despite the atmosphere being very white.
Map of part of Beijing showing the route I walked to the park.
The map shows where I started in the south and walked north past Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and various neighbourhoods. The photos show some of the scenes along the way. I returned part of the way by bus.
This is the great Hall of the People, the Chinese equivalent of a parliament building. It is on the western side of Tiananmen Square.
This is a distance shot of a doorway to show the immense size of the building. Two men are standing outside the open door.
This is a lone uniformed man standing to attention basically in the middle of nowhere near a corner. He was close enough to the railing to answer people’s questions and more than once he turned his head and noticed me loitering taking photos.
These trees go from near the Great Hall of the People to near the street corner where the man was standing. Autumn has started with falling leaves.
This shows how white the atmosphere was. This is Tiananmen Gate which is the one commonly seen on TV. It is the entrance to the Forbidden City. The city is still colourful with recently planted or placed flowers to celebrate National Day on October 1st.
This cat was asleep on a very old tricycle outside a shop along the long straight road leading to the park. It was awake and friendly when I returned but as the bus, AKA sardine can, arrived we didn’t have time to become aquainted.
This rabbit was on a step outside building further up the street.
The rabbits entrance.
An interesting frontage in the same street.