So it’s kinda weird leaving Vancouver on Thursday at 3am, and arriving in Beijing at 5am on Friday morning. The flight was only 11 hours, but there is a 15 hour time change…after a nap around noon today, it’s almost like i’m gonna experience no jet-lag, which is kinda cool. Getting from the airport to our hotel wasn’t half as hard as I thought it was going to be…we took an express train from the airport to a stop in the Dongcheng District, and from there it was probably a 1km walk down a straight road right to our hostel. Although it was geographically easy to get to, it was somewhat of a job in itself fending off all the taxi and rickshaw drivers that wanted so desperately for us to give them business.

We kinda got a feeling for our district of Beijing today, finding out where major landmarks are, and cruised through some small historic streets that the Chinese call Hutong.

Anyways… here are some pics from Day 1 in Beijing.