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Another random find. One that turned out to even have free admission. Well worth the price. =)

Former home of emperors and empresses.

One of my favourite pastimes during my Beijing trip was to pick a random direction and just walk for a few hours, ending up wherever I would end up.

Sure, it meant I sometimes was accosted by both women wanting to "have coffee", men wanting to sell paintings and various other people looking to make a profit from an, obviously, non-Beijinger.

During my last such adventure, I ended up in a park where old guys were gathering to play some sort of game I haven't seen before. They all seemed to be in very good spirits and enjoying themselves.

I was out late during my last day in Beijing when I decided to take some photos of the entry to the Forbidden City. Behind me, the place is swarming with tourists and visitors and you couldn't really move an inch without bumping into someone. The reason they are not visible is, I've placed the camera on the ground behind the barricade fences and set it to a timed release. The camera is beeping and blinking and I'm hoping for the life of me that the Chinese military guards I'm taking photos of won't think I'm to strange and take either me or my camera away. Then I take another photo and another and another... Luckily, both me and my camera are in one piece. =)