Celebrations with our colleagues on the soft opening of Fairmont Hotel #Beijing

And yes, we would be staying here for now... with one of the bars at Hou Hai...

The view from the Yin Ding Bridge towards the "Hou Hai" or the Back Sea...

On top of the Yin Ding Bridge and towards the "Front Sea". Yin Ding Bridge is so called because of its looks like an inverted silver ingot (yin ding)

The Ying Ding Bridge which is the point that separates the "Qian Hai" and "Hou Hai" (Front Sea and Back Sea)

Almost reaching the Ying Ding Qiao ( map http://twitpic.com/r67xv )

Also the view looking back to the Lotus Market where the entry point was...

The opposite view...

We can also see the Bell Drum Tower at the far background of the picture from here...

Walking along the street to Ying Ding Bridge, with the accompaniment of the restaurants and bars...

Also selling snacks, sugar puffs and skewers...

This is the area near the Lotus Appreciation area but no lotus in winter... Compared with http://ow.ly/Gemk Qian Hai, Hou Hai and Lotus Market by day in Summer

Many vendors around this area and they are selling souvenirs, clothes similar goods to the Silk Market, covered from the Beijing Twitter tour last week

Quan Qu De Peking Restaurant, sister to the original restaurant at "Qian Men"...

As the sky is getting darker, people are starting to pour in

Happy #FollowFriday @The_Appraiser from #Beijing "Qian Hai" or literally translated "Front Sea"... Thank you for the shout out

Lotus Market, Qian Hai, and Hou Hai has an array of restaurants and bars with http://ow.ly/GeqI CityWeekend.com.cn and http://ow.ly/Gerf TheBeijinger.com Listings

Or these two gentlemen melodiously spending the afternoon

Recommended to start to go from the afternoon 5pm and can still see the Beijingers leisurely enjoying their afternoon as with the gentleman with the big brush writing calligraphy on the pavement

Entry point is the Lotus Market and can tell the taxi driver to go the "Hou Hai" at the Ping An Da Dao street and this is the "sign" to look for...