Mood: Woohoo!
Music: CD 1 Mix Tape - Various
Not much happened today... I got up early to get to the bus to the airport. I got to the airport a little early as my local itinerary had my flight listed at 9:30am but my itinerary from Audley had it as 10:15am. No problems there, just a bit of sitting around. As I planned to get to the airport 2hrs ahead of the flight all would have been fine even if it was the other way around.
After an uneventful flight to Hong Kong I rushed to my new departure gate, only to remember that my watch was now an hour out so I had plenty of time to eat some lunch before the onward flight. Rolf is pictured with my pre-flight/lunchtime beer.
The onward flight was similarly painless and I got to Beijing around sunset. The terminal I landed at was built for the Olympics and is, quite simply, massive. I also has a lovely deep red roof, curved to look like a dragon, with triangular skylights which look like scales.
Passing through the airport was easier than I expected. On the far side I met Steven, who will be my guide for the next couple of days in Beijing. After that we drove to my hotel. It is a single story courtyard building, very traditional but very comfortable. It seems to be located a stone's throw from the main shopping areas but I'll find out more when I look around more tomorrow.
I have discovered that access to my blog and also to facebook are blocked by the Chinese government and as such I'm having to bounce encrypted connections off a server to in the UK to bypass this. For some reason the static content on facebook seems not to like this but I can use the m.facebook.com site to keep tabs on everything.
Tomorrow my exploration of Beijing starts! I have to admit I'm rather excited.
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