Summer Palace — 颐和园

Second time back to Summer Palace (Yi He Yuan) and once again I’m none the wiser. Throngs of people, high heat — what do you expect from Beijing in July?

This trip was an outing sponsored by my language school. I about dodged out of it but my classmates managed to convince me to alter my plans. As per the last outing, my teachers had the customary homework sheets ready for me to interrogate the unsuspecting masses with.

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