moondog

sabrina: in rereading your list, i think as long as you scratch the summer palace, your itin is somewhat sane. you would simply take a taxi to the temple of heaven then walk north through qianmen, tiananmen, gugong, jingshan/beihai, and end up in houhai. personally, i would forego the temple of heaven as well (i.e. start at tiananmen instead) and do something else in the morning. afternoons (the closer to closing, the better) tend to be less crowded than mornings at most of the big tourist sites.