Out of the country

I am back to this blog after little more than a week outside Beijing.  We were in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and then South Korea.   We had good food and enjoyed watching the Olympics on television.  I really enjoyed visiting Hong Kong, Taipei, and Seoul - all very great cities.  Now back in Beijing for more Olympic excitement.  Stay tuned.

Obama's airplane

We were in Minneapolis for a few minutes and actually parked next to Senator Obama's aircraft (B-757) . . . pretty cool.  Here is a picture of the plane as seen from our plane:

departing California

PEK: Beijing International Airport's newest terminal

Yes, surely most people have heard of Beijing's amazing new airport terminal, but I really want to put up a brief post on it. Well, it is quite impressive. Its ultra-modern design certainly makes those of us who use LAX and JFK jealous!

in and out of Beijing

so we'll be in and out of Beijing . . . not staying for the full 3 weeks in the Chinese capital. We'll spend some time in the city of the equestrian events: Hong Kong. Also, we'll take quickies to Taipei and Seoul.

Aviation in China

We hope that China can handle the major increases in air passengers during the next few weeks! This story is quite frightening:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080729105124.fz8pp5h0&show_article=1