| The Forbidden City | | | | scenery, and its banks are peppered with picturesque |
| Named thus due to the fact that is was out of | | | | chocolate box villages where women wash the |
| bounds to the public for over five hundred years, the | | | | clothes and children bathe the water buffalo. See |
| forbidden city was the imperial court for emperors | | | | farmers in their rice paddies, and fishermen using the |
| from the Ming dynasty till 1911. The buildings are the | | | | ancient fishing tool of a bird with a ring around its |
| best preserved in the whole of china, and often the | | | | neck, attached to a stick. Take a bike ride to really |
| emperors never left the ‘city', choosing to stay | | | | appreciate the wonder of this hidden area. |
| in the vast collection of buildings here, staying in the | | | | Lhasa, China |
| safety of the moat. Unfortunately, the buildings were | | | | Overlooking the city is the ancient Potala, a thirteen |
| looted in the eighteenth century, so the city now | | | | storey fortress which once was the winter house of |
| remains as a shell, but it is still majestic and gives you | | | | the Dalai Lama. Each of the Dalai Lamas is believed to |
| the thought of how grand it used to be. | | | | e the reincarnation of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddhist |
| The Li River | | | | embodiment of compassion and has always been |
| The Chinese believe that the Guangxi Province has | | | | seen in the country as a high power. |
| the most beautiful rivers and mountains under | | | | |
| heaven, and the stunning natural beauty here only | | | | Pack your Travel Insurance, passport and travel |
| escalated this belief. The river runs through majestic | | | | guide, and get visiting! |