Brett in China

The day after Adrienne ans I return from the cruise, I had to fly off to China for trade show for work. Including the two-hour bus ride to the airport, and the layover time, it's an about 24 hour trip to China. When it's 1 PM in New Hampshire it is 1 AM in China. The trade show was really busy for me, but I had one free day after the show to do a little touring. I had not been to China since 1995, and things really changed. I did spend some time in the Forbidden City and made several unsuspecting tourists take my picture so I had proof that I was there.

After the Forbidden City, I went to a garden just north of the exit gate. There was a temple high on top of a hill with a great view of Beijing.

I also took a rickshaw ride through one of the old Chinese alleyways. Of course, I got ripped off on a tour by paying too much and by having the tour cut short by about 30 minutes. But I got some good photos out of it. And I got a little video footage too.

On the final day, I went to the Olympics sites of the 2008 Beijing games. The Birds Nest was pretty cool, as was the swimming cube. I got to go inside the stadium and see some performances for the day.

Finally, my plane was delayed for three hours was spent some time in the giant Beijing airport and try to take some cool photos while waiting. I can't say that I succeeded. That is why like Adrienne around, she makes every photo look better.