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Introduction
April 8 - Flying to Beijing
April 9 - Beijing
April 10 - Beijing
April 11 - Beijing to Guiping
April 12 - Guiping
April 13 - Guiping to Guilin
April 14 - Guilin to Beijing
April 15 - Beijing to home
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  We
got up at 4am to leave the house at 4:45am. Amy and I both
did the "We're Going to China" dance.
We got to Newark and boarded the plane. We were just pulling
out when a crazy, belligerent passenger had to be pulled off
the plane, delaying us a bit to get her off and get her luggage.
We flew on a Boeing 777, with a screen in every seat back.
Amy and I both watched A
Little Princess and cried when Sara was being taken from
her dad (although she wouldn't admit to being sad - only blaming
the tears on exhaustion). Amy slept some on the plane, but
not nearly enough.
When we got to Beijing, it was around 2:15 on Sunday afternoon.
We waited in the airport for another family to arrive and
then we headed to dinner. It was a large tourist/banquet hall.
The hostesses were dressed to look like women from the Qing
Dynasty, with their "hair" wrapped on boards. The
large lazy Susan filled with pork, fish, apples, hot and sour
soup, and watermelon. We were adventurous and tried almost
everything.
 We
finally got to the Courtyard
by Marriott in Beijing center. It's connected to a large
shopping mall, which Amy and Mark looked around in while I
unpacked. The Easter Bunny visited while they were gone.
We all crashed by 9pm. I woke up later, looked at my watch,
and saw is was close to 4am - a time that we could manage
getting up. Mark heard me and woke up, shaved and turned on
the lights. We had no luck trying to wake up Amy - and then
we looked at the *real* clock. It was only midnight. Luckily,
we could go back to sleep...
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