China part 1 - days 1-5
All right. Blog post number 1 from Asia. Where to start..... Our flight to Beijing was uneventful and easy; 11 hours direct. I felt ok when we landed, but it was only 2:30pm local time when we did. By 8pm local time (5am Vancouver time) I was dead on my feet. Unfortunately the beds in Beijing were like bricks, and despite my fatigue I did not sleep well that night. It actually took about 3 days to fully get over the jet lag.... It was terrible. DAY1: The only thing of interest that happened on the day we arrived was that we met our tour group. There are 11 of us all together plus the guide. Overall an interesting group. Firstly, there is an old couple from Sweden. They took the trans-siberia railway here. Not sure what inspired them to do an adventure tour, but good for them i guess. There is also a semi-crazy middle aged Aussie from Melbourne. All she talks about is Chinese propaganda. Her plan for one day was to go down to the university and "talk to some well educated people