Rush on to the early morning hard seat train to Chengde
The mess at the train station. That woman is none too pleased and neither am I.
The first altar at the Puning Temple.
The towering Puning Temple complex.
Lamas! These guys chill here all day (literally reading the newspaper), and wait until worshippers pay them money to perform a chant, pretty neat.
The view from Puning temple, note the towering mountains.
These chains of locks were all over the temple, I think they must represent prayers or vows or something, also, note the Stupa.
This is by the gate of the Mountain Summer Retreat, note the mountains that surround the whole city and are visible from the whole city.
A throne in the Mountain Retreat. A woman offered to allow me inside in exchange for money. I declined.
More of the palace.
A disturbing reminder that the Chinese do tend to hold grudges.
Mule deer on the grounds of the mountain retreat.
People playing on the frozen lake in the center of the retreat.
An island in the middle of the park, people on little sleds.
A pavilion along the lake side, note the neat pattern in the stone floor.
A pavilion on a rocky outcropping, with trees all around.
Bridge across the lake.
The gate to the park. According to my taxi driver, this was built to resemble the Great Wall.
On an old bridge across the Rehe River, surrounded by mountains.
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