China day 1
Well here at last safe and sound
As I left Sask for the year, I really took in the prairie landscape knowing that it will be a while before I see it again. Actually shed a tear...sissy.
vancouver was a 2 hour layover that was extended. Met a man from Melfort of all places...my birthplace. and he was going to China too. Agriculture related.
Funny feeling leaving Canada.........1 year ...wow.
Money exchange meant I had to go through inspection again but found out later I did not have to.
My seatmate was John who was going to teach university in Beijing.. While walking aound the airplane met a young man....everyone seems younger now....who was going back for a visit. He was from Alberta and was going to return after the visit to stay for good.
First view of Beijing was a haze..one of the worst polluted city in the world...according to John.....he really helped me as I went through customs ..fairly quickly..at the customs area, there were twice as many people being processed as there were in Chaplin.....and they just kept coming in off more planes.
First mini crisis...no one was there to meet me. Soo stand under the KFC sign and look desparate and lost...like that was a challenge...was approached by 3 taxi drivers but was told to wait so I did. Finally had a Chinese student show up and we were off. Nee How was all I could say...he could say hello.
Talk about a rough road ...we took sort of the back road and it was eye opening. Rough, potholes, concrete mounds, dirt roads...there appears to be few rules of the road here....the horn is the most used part and the signal lights probably the least. More on this on day 3.
Met Bryant at the school. Got my keys dropped off my bags, headed into Tongzhou for my first Chinese meal...pizza..go figure. Came back later that night after being up since 6:30 ...about 18 hours and ran my 40 minutes around their track ....humidity is the thing I really noticed. My shorts and undershorts were soaked about 1/2 way down...Went to bed at about 10:30 and got up at 3:30.
Have been reading a book from Meghan and Romain called Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw and will end with a quote...People don't travel to find themselves, but travel to lose themselves.
Interesting??
As I left Sask for the year, I really took in the prairie landscape knowing that it will be a while before I see it again. Actually shed a tear...sissy.
vancouver was a 2 hour layover that was extended. Met a man from Melfort of all places...my birthplace. and he was going to China too. Agriculture related.
Funny feeling leaving Canada.........1 year ...wow.
Money exchange meant I had to go through inspection again but found out later I did not have to.
My seatmate was John who was going to teach university in Beijing.. While walking aound the airplane met a young man....everyone seems younger now....who was going back for a visit. He was from Alberta and was going to return after the visit to stay for good.
First view of Beijing was a haze..one of the worst polluted city in the world...according to John.....he really helped me as I went through customs ..fairly quickly..at the customs area, there were twice as many people being processed as there were in Chaplin.....and they just kept coming in off more planes.
First mini crisis...no one was there to meet me. Soo stand under the KFC sign and look desparate and lost...like that was a challenge...was approached by 3 taxi drivers but was told to wait so I did. Finally had a Chinese student show up and we were off. Nee How was all I could say...he could say hello.
Talk about a rough road ...we took sort of the back road and it was eye opening. Rough, potholes, concrete mounds, dirt roads...there appears to be few rules of the road here....the horn is the most used part and the signal lights probably the least. More on this on day 3.
Met Bryant at the school. Got my keys dropped off my bags, headed into Tongzhou for my first Chinese meal...pizza..go figure. Came back later that night after being up since 6:30 ...about 18 hours and ran my 40 minutes around their track ....humidity is the thing I really noticed. My shorts and undershorts were soaked about 1/2 way down...Went to bed at about 10:30 and got up at 3:30.
Have been reading a book from Meghan and Romain called Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw and will end with a quote...People don't travel to find themselves, but travel to lose themselves.
Interesting??
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