first day in BJ

Howdy!! Ya'll:

Thanks for coming to my blog! I was hoping that I can keep up this blog at least for this summer, and all my friends overseas can stay updated with my travelling (and be jealous...) and see the real China (and maybe a little bit of Korea and Japan in June and July) through my camera.

So this is the first time I fly with Air China ( the official Chinese airline) in a long time. I left on Monday night (US time) and arrived early morning on Wed (BJ time), so converted into US time, it will be Tuesday night...It is a little bit tough to fight the jet legs because I had to stay awake the whole day and hoping that I sleep well tonight, and wake up 8 o'clock in the morning without any toss and turn. The route as you can see from the picture, we flew over AK (Alaska...I hope I got the state name right), I know it is a very blurry picture...but you got the idea...I was fortunate to see the new BJ terminal, this terminal is specifically built for the 2008 Olympics...Thanks to the Olympics, there are SO MANY new infrastructures build just for the olympics...this terminal is one of them. It IS HUGE!! I mean humongous, it took me 15 minutes to walk from where my plane is to the train station...and at least 5 minutes more train ride to reach from one side of the terminal to the other...the new terminal is magnificent, they used the typical gold to cover the ceiling. Gold in the ancient time was only used in the emperor's temple/palace, if you look at the forbidden city, they don't use "gold" metal, but a color that is very yellow...

Since my plane arrived 30 min early, and no-one is awake in the airport 5am (unless they have to work...) It was a very smooth walk from the custom to the exit gate...but my ride wasn't there!!! He was not going to be here until 6:30a~ and I dont have any phone!!! a little freaked out there, but I found some young men at other gates (they are probably staff at the airport), and they were kind enough to let me borrow their cell phone to call. If you are interested at investing foreign fund, ChinaMobile can be a good one...everyone including trash picker (and most likely beggers) and their family have at least one cellphone on hand.

I am still expereincing the new blog and the way they upload pictures...so bear with me...I will try to update this every other day~ there are just too many stories to tell and too many pictures to show~ So stay in tone and come back couple times a week! I hope to see your smily comments in my guest book! Come back soon!