China – Post, Part 1 of a few more

Road Split

China Travel – 1st couple days.

Day 1 – flight from SFO to Beijing. While on the flight, as well as right before getting off of the plane, we had medical type folk dot us in the forehead with a thermometer instrument that tested for high fevers slash swine flu evidence. This did not happen on the way back to the States – guess we’re not as concerned here in the US. Once we arrived, I was about to get up out of my seat on the plane only to notice that nobody else was moving about.  I guess bad weather diverted us to somewhere in Inner Mongolia.   After 5 hours on the tarmac, we now had missed our flight from Beijing to Kunming – and thus had to get a hotel room near the airport.
After finally getting the lights on in my room (several breakers had to be flipped), I checked in on Tim and Kevin to find Kevin wrapped up in his “skeeter-keeper-offer’ outfit that he had decided to wear to bed. Good call as there was plenty of blood evidence on the wall of skeeter massacres over the last few weeks – the blood was still yet fresh. Regardless, he still wakes to a fat lip – one created not by Tim and his sleep walking, punching motions, but by mosquito’s! Somehow his full jacket mechanism settled onto his face and a mosquito just happened to land there on that spot and hit Kevin in the lip.

Too bad it didn’t work out for Kevins new anti-skeeter outfit. However, it was probably more comforting to have that on and have a better chance at ignoring that crazy flying sound that mosquito’s  make. How do they make that noise btw? What are they doing? How could it be such an annoying sound – is it just because of our association with what they create after they do their business? That itchy bumpy mound?
Ok, I’m done writing for now. Quick highlights and happenings right off the top of my head:
- drink lots of tea. On day 2, Tim is quoted as saying “hmm, this looks familiar” – about sitting down to Puerh tea tasting. Note – this is day 2.
- tea is good.
- toilets are bad. Well, I actually like the squat action – I hear/have read – that it’s way better/healthy/natural for the person as well. Regardless, it’s actually kind of comfortable.

- Glenn almost shoots Kevin in head during Roman candle firework battle – more on this later.  Also – more pics are viewable here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtsalad/sets/72157621700273579/

I shall update later with a few more stories from the trip as well as some video action – we also shot 2 episodes of “Random” – so more to come.