Showing posts with label Beijing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beijing. Show all posts

Tuesday, 7 April 2015

39. Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China / Świątynia Nieba, Pekin, Chiny

Temple of Heaven was added onto the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1998. Keith outside the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests which is the main building of the complex. / Świątynia Nieba została wpisana na Listę Światowego Dziedzictwa UNESCO w 1998 r. Keith stoi przed Pawilonem Modlitwy o Urodzaj, który jestem najważniejszym budynkiem tego kompleksu. 

Temple of Heaven complex was constructed in 15th century. The complex was used by the emperors of Ming and Quing dynasties  as an annual prayer site to heaven for good harvests.

Monday, 6 April 2015

38. Easter weekend in Beijing, China / Wielkanoc w Pekinie, Chiny

A street with shopping malls close to our hotel. We could nearly call it Oxford St, of Beijing. / Ulica z wieloma sklepami niedaleko naszego hotelu. Prawie że można nazwać ją londyńską Oxford Street.
Beijing is a very modern city. There are shopping malls everywhere full of shops like Zara, Gap, H&M and other high street brands with Prada, Cartier and other big names opened next to them. Girls are fashionably wearing big bags and sunglasses. Oh and iPhones in their hands just like we see it on the streets of London.

37. Mates to the rescue, Beijing, China. / Koledzy na ratunek, Pekin, Chiny.


We arrived in Beijing in the late afternoon. We  expected for the weather to be cooler than what we've been used to until now, but believe us, it was shockingly freezing (+6C only in the evening)! So to calm ourselves down we headed across the street from our hotel for a drink. And guess who joined us for a catch up...?