Saturday, July 9, 2016
Tour day 2 of 15. Beijing. Flight from SFO to PEK ends. Weather upon arrival in Bejing was 99 degrees Fahrenheit and very humid. We endured a very long, unairconditioned, and poorly ventilated line for customs, then successfully retrieved all our bags from baggage claim. Leo from China Spree met us, and we rode in an air-conditioned large passenger bus for about an hour to Marriott Beijing City Wall. At the Marriott Dex and I used a machine to change United States dollars to RMB. Leo checked us in and helped us resolve issues with our room. Rested and refreshed. Dinner on our own; on most of this tour's travel days we have no arranged meal upon arrival. All other meals are covered. We didn't want to walk far or have a very large meal, so we had dumplings and noodles at Jiahexing Dumplings Beijing Station Branch, a small restaurant in our hotel's building. Today was Lani's birthday, but we did not have cake or do anything else special. To bed. Number of steps walked = 5,380.