Beijing Hutongs.

Chinese ladies walking through the Beijing Hutongs.

Tuk tuk on a street in the Beijing Hutongs.

Tuk tuk traffic jam in the Beijing Hutongs.

Mike Morris & Liz Conroy in the courtyard of a home we had a look around in the Beijing Hutongs.

Birds in cages in the courtyard of a home in the Beijing Hutongs.

Rooms available for rent in a home in the Beijing Hutongs.

Our tour guide asks a question to the owner of the home we are looking at in the Beijing Hutongs.

This room was reserved for honeymooning guests at the home we visited in the Beijing Hutongs.

Bicycles propped outside homes in the Beijing Hutongs.

Motorbike & sidecar parked outside a home in the Beijing Hutongs.

Security cameras are fitted throughout the Beijing Hutongs.

Confusing bar sign on a bar in the Beijing Hutongs.

Alan Morris in a street as he leaves the Beijing Hutongs.

Just as I walked around a corner in the Beijing Hutongs I met this man coming the other way. I don't speak any Chinese & he didn't speak any English but we were brothers.

Restaurants along the canal in downtown Beijing.

Small boat turning round on a canal in downtown Beijing.

Boats docked on the side of the lake in downtown Beijing.

Tuk-tuks on a tree-lined street in downtown Beijing.

Tuk-tuks on a tree-lined street in downtown Beijing.

Narrow street with restaurants in it, Beijing Hutongs.

Boats on a canal that links different lakes in downtown Beijing.

Canal connecting lakes in downtown Beijing.

The Hou Hai Yes Club in Beijing. I didn't get to find out what all the Hou Hai was about.

People on my tour showed their tuk-tuk driver a photo they had taken.

Mike Morris & Alan Morris (not related) on their tuk-tuk in Beijing.

This Reggae bar was the last thing I expected to see in downtown Beijing. I didn't get a chance to look inside.

This car had to slow down as he went past our tuk-tuk convoy in downtown Beijing.