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Descending into the courtyard for Cloud Dispelling Hall
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Our room at the Beijing hotel, Cote Cour
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Budding tree in the courtway
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Pool with koi
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More flowers in the courtyard
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Packed and ready for the train
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Beijing West train station
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Bagged Peking duck is everywhere
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On the high speed train, at about 300 kph
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Stacy's a fan of the room in Pingyao, at Jing's Residence
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Petal-powered tub
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Wacky rafters and beams
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Loose-leaf teas
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Inside the grounds at the hotel
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East Street, with the hotel's shuttered windows on the right
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Rennovations next door
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Wandering down West Street in search of a late lunch
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Meat on a stick
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Golf cart with an oven for a trunk
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Dried mushrooms and berries
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City walls, built in 1370
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Rabbits and other items for sale
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Skewers of all sorts
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Smaller entry gate
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Should your bicycle get detained, check here
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Helen Keller eyewear - live for yourself
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West Street in the afternoon sun
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Soy sauce fountain
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Soy milk in bottles that look suspicously like something else
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Approaching the north tower
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Park just outside the walls
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The rest of Pingyao isn't quite as cute
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Moat, bridge, and street vendors
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North Gate tower
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Seems a bit ominous down there
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Low key afternoon traffic
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North Tower
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Late afternoon sun on the wall
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Strolling on the wall
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Small amusement park just outside the walls
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Looking at the newer parts of the city
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Very little pedestrian traffic on the wall
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Lots of gray one story buildings inside the wall
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Rounding the corner
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Tower on the west
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Upper West Gate
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Lots of solar setups
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Empty lot
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Falling into disrepair
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Gate eaves
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Light industrial micro-neighborhood inside the old city
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Typical Pingyao roof
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South Street
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Closed down for the day
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The south side isn't completely straight
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Parking lot
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Meandering along the south end
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Park and green outside
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Falling apart
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Up on the wall
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Sunset approaches
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Card game
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South Gate tower
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Canon lineup
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Trebuchet
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South Street, approaching the City Tower in the middle of town
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Night at the hotel
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Night at the hotel
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Heading down East Street to the pedestrian-only part of town
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Hotel entrance at night
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Relatively low traffic
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Elaborate lantern
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Late night delivery
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All lit up
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Tassles swinging in the breeze
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South Street
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