Much smaller crowd for Taiji this morning, unsurprisingly, but everyone was on time for the bus to the Great Wall. Once we got there, one student seemed shocked that there would be a lot of stairs to climb.Sshe had been in a car accident and had very bad ankles. The day before, she had told me we were walking too fast for her, so somehow it was my fault that I hadn't reorganized the whole visit to accommodate her -- you know, by going to the small, flat part of...

A late start today. My trip wasn't scheduled to leave until11:00, which was just early enough to prevent us from doing anything productive in the morning. Alas, Amanda is not coming with me on this one. She's already done the Beijing thing and didn't love it so she was happy (ish) to stay behind on the ship and organize activities for the 70-80 people remaining on board. I'm bus leader for this trip, with Carl Shepherd, head of the Field Office, as trip leade...