So we went to the Summer Palace for the day....well actually we spent a lot of time trying to get our Vietnamese visa and then looking for a boat to take us to the palace with only vague directions from the Lonely Planet which can be your best friend or worst enemy at times.
I do not enjoy tourism...I am not going to tell you much about the "sites" because i can not be bothered most of the time.
So we found the boat finally and chugged along to the Summer Palace which is basicly where the emperor and family would go in the summer to escape the city. This not actually a palace as such....it's an enormous complex of parks, lakes and...erm...a palace I guess. It was bloody hot and as we went by boat we got dropped off right at the grounds which ment a long walk (though nice) to the main palacy bit. I drank beer and and ate some dumplings. I like dumplings a lot and decided to try and eat them every day while in China.
This place was beautiful by the way and if you ever go to Beijiung its worth the trip just for the amazing gardens. China is so green!
Doesn't poor old Reto look tired....
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