Hello again! Bet you didn't expect another update so quickly. Well, that's what you get for projecting your own ideas onto me. Today was spent in Tian An Men Square and The Forbidden City. We started by Kaitlin promptly forgetting BATTERIES for her camera and a return to the hostel. Then we walked back to the square. Everything here is... confusing. Streets don't have crosswalks in many places, you have to use an underground pedway. So after some humming and haw...

Hi everybody! Amy and I made it to Beijing. The flight was terribly long and we didn't act fast enough to grab some of the empty rows of three so that we could sleep lying down. That meant we were in our seats for two, but I still managed about 4 hours of sleep in all (14 hour flight). Thank god the plane had TV on it. After going through the HUGE airport (you take a train to pick up your baggage) we emerged and made our way to the taxis. Right off the bat, n...