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1 Day Beijing Summer Palace Tour

We met in my hotel lobby at 9:00am to head towards the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace was originally commissioned by Emperor Qianlong as a giant retreat in honor of his mother's 60th birthday in 1750. In 1860 many of the palaces were burned down.

The Summer Palace was rebuilt with funds that were supposed to be used for the Navy. By this point Empress Dowager Cixi retired here in 1889. As the guide books state the Palace represents first hand the corruption at the time, the opulence here was bought with siphoned money as China crumbled.

The entire gardens were for the Empresses exclusive use. I was interested in seeing this site but at the same time had ambivalent feelings about the history. We finally arrived at the West Gate of the Summer Palace. Well it appeared once Neil reached Dale by cell phone she had arrived at the more popular East Gate.

Keeping in mind that this park is 700 acres in size it took us an hour to find Dale. Neil and I found out during our leisurely walk through the beautiful garden area that we both liked the peacefulness of this area and didn't much care for crowds. Once we found Dale we made introductions and I found that she was working on her undergraduate degree in economics at the same college as Neil. It was her hope to go to Graduate School in the US, she had a great command of the English language.

She arrived with an English head set for me, and had down of research It became obvious that Neil had called her the evening before in a panic that he was assigned to take me on a tour. We proceeded on our tour for about another hour, and then the skies opened up and it began to pour.

They opened up their umbrellas and were happy to continue with the entire tour. By this time, I was wet and had slipped no less then three times in my wonderful american croc sandels. It was now close to 1:00pm and I knew they wanted to take in lunch. By the look on Dale's face I realized I might have insulted her, I said is that ok if we enjoy lunch.

She said, I fear I did not do a good enough job preparing I told her that she had done a wonderful job and that I had thoroughly enjoyed the tour but with the rain I just felt getting out of the weather was a good idea. She agreed and I think accepted my apology.

>>> Post by Michael Manton from Canada

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*About Summer Palace*
-- The Covered Walkway & the Marble Boat -- The Garden of Harmonious Interests -- Historical Overview -- East Palace Gate -- The Hall of Benevolence and Longevity -- Hall of Jade Billows -- Garden of Virtuous Harmony -- The Hall of Joyful Longevity	-- The Covered Walkway -- The Hall of Dispelling Clouds -- Tower of Buddist Incense -- The Marble Boat -- The 17-Arch Bridge -- Bronze Ox -- The Rear Hill and Rear Lake -- A Bridge over Garden Waters

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