Reached Beijing after a relatively smooth 12 hour flight. Everything was fine until I ate the fish meal they had. Then my stomach got a little upset. I'll spare you guys the details (Anu I can go into more detail for you if you'd like lol).
First impression of Beijing: So clean. Everything literally looks like it's brand new. I"ve never seen roads this clean, except for maybe Singapore. The airport is one of the best I've ever seen. Everything seems so orderly. Maybe there is a seedy underbelly to this town that is being brushed aside? The city transportation system, state of the roads, and infrastructure is miles ahead of the States.
My Mandarin Language Iphone app came in handy today. I was able to converse with the taxi driver on how far the destination was, and how bad traffic is here. They have a cool Taxi Driver Language Interpreter program where the driver calls this English speaking guy so you can have him translate for you.
The hostel I'm staying at is pretty cool. It's run by young looking people (but in China who knows how old they actually are) , and they arrange tours, bike rentals, phone calls , pretty much anything you'd want to do here.
Anyway, I'm pretty tired. Tomorrow I'll tour the city.
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SRIRAM!!!! Hahahah! i don't want the details... heheheeh. but at least you are not suffering the opposite affect. Hope you brought your international strength pepto!
Glad you made it Sriram! Tell us more! Send us pics of the hostel....
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