Summer Palace Beijing China
The Summer Palace in Beijing was my favorite place to visit on my day off.
I was working in a theme park called Happy Valley and I had one day off a week. On my day off I would catch the subway and just chill out at the Summer Palace. The best part about this park is that you can find spots to just relax with no people around. I would like to share some photos that I took with you Steemers :)
Lotus Flowers
The Summer Palace is located in the north west area of Beijing. The park consists of gardens, rivers, palaces and a huge man made lake. The dirt from the lake was used to build the mountain in which the palace resides. The mountain is also known as Longevity Hill
Giant rubber duck floating in the lake
The architecture of the palace is so amazing. I felt like I was on the film set of Crouching tiger hidden dragon!
One day I was chilling at the palace on the hill, and I saw a temple off in the distance.
This temple looked exactly like the temple on the cigarettes that I was smoking at the time
So I thought OK I going to walk there and check it out...
It was already late in the afternoon and I walked for about 2 hours through the forest before it started to get dark. I was completely lost haha. But I still had my phone and the torch was still working. So after about 30 min in the dark wandering aimlessly in the forest thinking Jason Voorhees was behind the next tree. I found a road (thank goodness).. I followed the road for 30 min until I found a taxi and got a lift back to my dorm. As it turns out the temple was way further way then I thought!
Markets along the river
So if you're ever in Beijing, I highly recommend spending a day at the Summer Palace, take a boat ride on the lake and explore all the gardens. It is a must see when in Beijing!
Don't forget to check out my other travel posts if you liked this one :)
Easter Island -
https://steemit.com/travel/@vcclothing/the-most-remote-community-on-earth-part-two
https://steemit.com/travel/@vcclothing/the-most-remote-community-on-earth-part-one
Escape from a crusader castle in Jordan -
https://steemit.com/travel/@vcclothing/escape-from-a-crusaders-castle-in-jordan
Happy and safe Travels.
Peace
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awesome thank you :)
Was there several years back on a see-most-of-China in 14 days tour, so only a short time at the Summer Palace but it was very enjoyable. Rather than retrace our route to where the bus dropped us the guide suggested we cross the lake by dragon boat - my wife had been a member of a dragon boat racing team which has become popular in Canada so thought we were going to paddle across! I think she was disappointed when we saw the motorized boats waiting at the quay!
Haha yes that would have been disappointing. But at least you didnt have to paddle across ☺
Thank you for sharing the photos. I like the Summer Palace as well!
Thanks for checking out the post :) It is such a great place !
Great post and great photos :)
Cheers its a beautiful place 🍺☺
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