Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Last night in China

I have to keep this posting short, because unlike the internet cafe in Xian, where I paid 3 yuan (about 36 cents) for an hour and a half, at the "Sino-Swiss Hotel" here near the Beijing airport, I'm paying 5 yuan PER MINUTE. Yikes!

Anyway, we left Xian this afternoon after spending the morning bicycling on top of the ancient city wall. It was about 9 miles - or about an hour - for the complete roundtrip around the wall. It was a very neat experience, and not one you can find in very many places!

Tomorrow morning we get up at 5AM to catch the bus at 6:15AM for the airport, for our departure to Tokyo at around 9AM -- arriving there in the early afternoon. More to come from Japan!