Almost immediately, we were approached by a group of Chinese tourists who wanted their photos taken with us. They wanted to show them to the folks back home who never see weird looking westerners!
The lines to go into Mao's mausoleum went for miles and it was amazing that the older generation still held him in such reverence, despite the hardship he caused them during the Cultural Revolution.
The Great Hall of the People is the largest meeting centre in the world and can hold 10,000 members of congress at once.
