Pridal-aventure: Pridal - Aventure dag 129, 130 og 131

To Beijing dag 129, 130 og 131.

Dag 129.

Arrival Tianjin Harbor

Motor coach from Tianjin to Beijing at 0930 – about 134 km. 2 hours’ drive.

Convoy of 25 motor coaches with 30 pax. in each.

Lunch at Swiss-hotel Beijing.

Forbidden City.

Tiananmen Square.

Check-in Shangri-La China World Hotel 50% and Hyatt Hotel 50%.

Det gule hav

efter den gule flod - Hoang-Ho

En af sideindgangene til den forbudte by

Den store Portal (Portpylae - græsk)

tre marmor broer - den midterste til kejseren

jeg tilhører bus nr. 23 - så det er bare at følge efter

marmor broerne

mere marmor - som vist ikke er marmor

næste portal

det er svært at holde overblikket

bortset fra det hele er kæmpestort

ej kejserens - ikke den midterste

symbolsk - kejseren med et drengebarn

ny portal til kejseren

gyldne tagsten - det må være fint

det er virkeligt peppet op til turistindustrien - Olympiaden

lidt forvirring - hvilken bus hører du til

bare lyt til øresneglen - så fortæller guiden hvor han er

det må vist være sidste portal tl kejseren

eller det udgangen til busserne

Dag 130.

Great Wall at 0730 – I have been there 3 times, so I stayed at Shangri-La until the evening event.

Tranquil Valley of the Ming Tombs

Spectacular Dinner and performance at the Great Hall of the People at 1900.

It was a one in a lifetime experience to go to Banquet dinner at the Great Hall of People with 45-minutes performance. Crystal Cruise got the permission to sponsor the Banquet Hall on second floor. The same place where Kissinger, Nixon and Mao had their dinner in 1972.

A few years ago, this wouldn’t have been possible, but it looks like President Xi is interested in opening still wider to the culture of the West.

According to many of the guides this will be popular among most people. I think the development will be in direction of the Hong Kong, Xiamen and Shanghai way not the Beijing way. Of course it has to be a slow process so everybody have a chance to follow the new direction.

The show ended with, the “Strings” lined up in a single line across the scene and played “Should old acquaintance be forgot”. Though nobody dared sing the lyrics not a single eye was dry – sheer nostalgia.