Ok, so after having a hard week being a tourist, I spent the last two day traveling and recovering. Leaving out of the new Beijing Airport (which is pretty amazing and huge), the flight from Beijing to Hong Kong is about 3.5 beijing tourhours (So about the distance across the US) Take a look at the picture and see if you can see the smog layer as the plane took off from the Beijing Airport. But alas, after we reached 25,000 feet I again saw beautiful blue sky. Upon arrival I was tired and starving. Across the street from the hotel is of all things a German Restaurant. And a damn fine one at that. So I had the opportunity to enjoy a Liter or two of their house brew. That should hopefully help me sleep. Went to bed early and tried to sleep in the next day. The following day, I took my time and simply poked around town getting my bearings again. I stopped by one of the many local tailors and picked out some fabric to beijing tourhave some customer shirts made. To head back on Thursday to pick them up. Had lunch at a local restaurant and took a quick nap. In the evening, stopped by a Irish restaurant and enjoyed some Fish and Chips with a pint of Ale. Seriously… Anyway, will get back to trying local foods today. Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day. Because of the bad weather, I stayed local today and continued to catch up on some sleep. I walked across the street and toured the Hong Kong Museum of Art where I had a chance to review “A Taste for China” exhibit featuring many examples of pottery and paintings from the Ming Dynasty. One of my favorites are these crazy faces and because you would expect nothing less from me. I have determined that even centuries ago, beijing tourthe Chinese enjoyed the benefits of Captain Morgan Rum, and that today’s pirate logo is a direct descendant of this guy. So the real question is, Do you have a little captain in yah? Later tonight… Went to Chinese restaurant around the corner in the next hotel called “Dynasty” Authentic style Chinese food and was extremely tasty. Had BBQ pork, a beef stir fry and some vegetables and even tried an egg tart and coconut jello thing although I am not a big fan of coconut you never know how things will taste. Take a look at the spread. good.