Day #7 The Bell Tower

After visiting the hutong near the lake, we made our way over to the Bell & Drum Tower. It was a hard climb up, but worth it to see the city of Beijing from up top.

June 23, 2010
Gulou Drum Tower & Zhonglou Bell Tower of Beijing

* next to the bell itself *



* group picture * before the climb up the tower *



* bell tower from afar * about to climb to the top*



* view close up * view from on top *



* Beijing skyline* Liz and I *



* Chou and I * with PKU flag just finished climbing down *