Beijing

This Beijing trip did not start off well. We transitted in Hong Kong airport y/day only to find our plane delayed by 2 hours. To make things worse, our luggages couldn't travel on the same plane as us as the ground staff at Hong Kong Airport were on strike. I was horrified at the thought of going to a new country without the absolute necessity. We had to buy some winter clothing at the HKG Airport just in case our luggages do not get transferred to Beijing in the next few days. And Oka fell really sick, started with gastro and today he was down with quite a high fever. In the late afternoon, it developed into a cold/cough/fever combination. We went out to 2 malls and bought takeout from DA DONG PEKING DUCK restaurant. The peking duck was good though, probably made our day. The service apartment we are staying in is sparkling new with excellent facilities. We got upgraded to the suite room, so at least that's one good thing about this trip so far. I'm currently in the business centre surfing the net while Oka has his early night sleep in preparation for our Great Wall of China Trip tomorrow morning. Hope that he feels better by then. The other good news is that our luggages actually came in today. Thank god for that! Hope the rest of the trip would go well. =)!