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June 4th arrival in Beijing & Far East Hotel (blue mark on map)
Adventurers in Seattle	Fish in the Vancouver airport	First view of China	Our hutong near Tiananmen Square	View from the Far East Hostel	Working on the hutong for the Olympics
Tiananmen Square (June 5th)
South end of the square		Mao's mausoleum (Maozhuxi Memorial Hall)	Popular spot***	Countdown to the Olympics**	Kristin in the Square
The Forbidden City
"Tiananmen entrance"	Military presence**	Tiananmen entry to parks & Forbidden City**	Moat protecting the Forbidden City**	Tom poses*

		Improvements for the Olympics tourists		Stone carvings**
	Acrobatics*	Clock room			Lunch break*
	Our meal*	Nine Dragon Screen Wall
					Tourist*
	Beautiful ceilings*		Zuo Yuan Stone (374 BC)*	Tom at the theater*
		Emperor's sofa*	Jade*
Rock garden*		Snuff bottles*	Jade*	Planted forest*	The Imperial Garden
		Exit*	Jingshan Park ahead	The outer moat	North end of the Forbidden City**
Jingshan Park & Jade Island
Jinshan Quianjie Street	Jingshan Park		Entrance*	Flowers*	Practicing Tai Chi?*
Taking photos from the top*	View to the North	Forbidden City to the South	Souvenirs*
Tea Ceremony	The "magic cups"	Crossing over to Jade Island	Tourist*	View from the bridge
Top of the island*			Sacred island caves	Posing as a statue	Idol with incense*
Speilunker*	Cooks taking a break*			Island path*
	Tom posing*	Lake view*
Long walk back to our hostel as the day ends
Welcoming the Olympics*	Olympics theme****	Beijing store****	National Theatre	Great Hall of the People	Outside the Great Hall
Math*	Billboard*	Behind the scenes*	Lost in translation*	Lost in our hutong*	Sunset from our room
Photographs by Kristin Braziunas* Photographs by Joan & Matt Aten Photographs by Dr. Jerry Harris ***Photographs by Tylor Birthisel

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