Journal Entry 1: Trip to China, Beijin (Transit to Hong Kong)

Day 1: Flight to China
...Anticipation...anticipation...before I knew it, the day had come. The day kicked off with a slow start as we had to wake up at 3.30 am to prepare and drive to the airport since our plane flight was at 7am. Throwing our drowsiness to the winds, we forced ourselves out of bed and got dressed.

Arriving at the airport, we quickly registered and went to a nearby cafe for a quick bite before going through the custom officials to enter the Gate. Since we had arrived early, we had some time on our ahnds and we decided to take a few shots before continuing on our way to the boarding gate.

The Plane Flight was 3 hours...

Well, in the first flight, it was to Hong Kong, then to China, so... We didn't reach there yet.

We walked for a while to relax our tense muscles and went to the boarding gate to CHINA, BEIJIN...again...

Another BORING 3 hours...

Done! We finally reached China, Beijin at around 6.30 p.m.

Since China has the same timeline as Singapore, we didn't need to twidle with our watches. We went to the customs and went through the same, boring ritual and finally, we entered China.

It was the winter season in China, so it was finally cold, especially at evening to night time. The temperature there when we reached was about 5-6 degrees celsius, so we needed a few layers on before we went to embrace the cold air.

Our trip was a package tour, so it took a while to get all the families gathered (3 only, by the way). Then we went to have our dinner. On the way to the restaurant, our tour guide expaline that the food might we rather salty and oily as it was the cuisine of the people in Beijin during winter. She also explained the few things commonly found around Beijin and some of the cultures of the people.

Dinner was served...

It was a sumptous spread of food and we ate until we could not each anymore.

That Ended Day 1...