Yesterday we arrived in Beijing after a five hour delay. Apparently it had been snowing so hard in Beijing that the airplanes could not land or take off. We found out much later because all the announcements were only in Chinese. Our flight was cancelled and after a lot of running around we got new tickets for a flight later that day. After checking into our hostel in Beijing we took a bike taxi trough the Hutongs (old parts of the city) and tried some tea in a small tea store. Later that evening we went to the Lao She teahouse where we enjoyed a mixed show of acrobatics, music, opera and cabaret, which was nice. Bart has left for Amsterdam after visiting the Pearl market to buy lots of beads and necklaces for his wife’s store.
In the afternoon I went around in Beijing and stumbled upon a very cool temple complex called the Dongyue Temple. They had many interesting statues and buildings there. I brought my radio flash triggers along so I could light the insides of the temples while taking pictures from the outside (picture 7). You can imagine I enjoyed myself.