The Great Wall........ Today is the day that I step upon one of the most magnificent man made constructions in the world! Plenty of photo opportunities right? So, what's the most important thing? What am I going to wear?? 6:55am Our guide arrives; Lin L-I-N Lin. A small group of people join us, 3 of which are Koreans. We collect everyone, and pass the "Bird's Nest". It's absolutely outstanding. I wanted to get closer and really see how it worked. It l...

Arrive into Beijing, neither impressed nor unimpressed. From my friends comments from a recent visit to Beijing re: the airport I was expecting a grand and humungous spectacule. That I was not greeted with, instead there is a shuttle bus that drove us to a grey building. One may even draw comparisons to a concentration camp.....across the run way you can see what I imagine/hope will be the airport we fly out of as the architect looks grand and humungous. Get ...