Today we took a day trip to the outskirts of the city of Beijing to see the famed Ming Tombs and the Great Wall of China.
Here's a few photos from the two world heritage sites, starting with the Ming tombs :
The Ming tombs is a huge site where 13 Ming Dynasty Emperors were buried in their individual complexes with elaborate pavilions and gardens.
The sequence of spaces/gardens reminded me a lot of the Mughal tomb complexes found in the Indian sun-continent.
Moving on further - here's some photos from the Great Wall
(this is the Badaling section of the Wall)
The way in which this massive stone wall snakes along the contours of this beautiful landscape is really impressive.
As you can imagine the wall being one of the most popular destination for both local and foreign tourists was super crowded and I had to spend a lot of time and effort in trying to capture these photos that make them look almost empty :-)
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