Haidan District, Beijing There’s a building a few blocks over from my Hotel room that has strobe lights on top of it. It’s tall enough to require them if the building were in a flight path, but there are buildings as tall around it, and they don’t seem to need strobe lights. Hmph. So, I close the hotel curtains all the way. If I strain, I can still sense the strobe, but with the curtains drawn and my eyelids closed, it doesn’t exist....
October 13 Beijing, China Considering timezones, I landed 26 hours after I took off, with no sleep to speak of. Looking out the windows, it wasn’t possible to see very far. This must be one of the ‘bad’ smog days. I remembered to take some pictures of the Airport terminal on the way to customs. My employer was nice enough to arrange for me, a ride from the Beijing Airport to the Hotel....
October 12 Minneapolis, MN, USA So, I’m in China for the next few months, and getting there is not half the fun. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t an unpleasant flight - as flights go. It just wasn’t fun. 13 hours chasing the sun the whole way, and really not being able to catch any sleep. I was in a middle seat of a 747 - row 60 (only two rows from the absolute back), and even with my noise canceling headphones in, there was just too much light, and too much going on....