Thursday, August 6, 2009

Our Journey by the numbers, part II (Beijing)

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Approximate number of videos and television programs available to us on the back of the seat screens on our Air Canada fight - 275

Number of times we opened our large and extremely heavy carryon full of toys that we had painstakingly packed to entertain the kids on the flight - 0

Times that Zekey watched the same 25 minute Max and Ruby video - 7

Time that we spent worrying about exactly what information to put on our health and customs forms - 2 hours

Questions we were asked by Chinese health and customs officials upon our arrival in Beijing - 0

Floors missing from the Beijing Holiday Inn - 4, 13, and 14

Hours of sleep Dave got in the first 48 hours after takeoff from Toronto - 3

Number of objects in our hotel room that we knew the Chinese name for - 0

Number of Chinese businessmen silently staring at Zekey in the hotel elevator - 7

Seconds of silence before Zekey looked up at them, said “Ni Hao” (hello) and cracked everyone up - 4

Number of stalls at the local market selling raw pork, chicken and dog meat, respectively - 26, 16, and 1

Number of refrigeration units - 0

Couples we saw waltzing in a city park at 10:30 on a Thursday morning - 60 +

Number of people we now know that have been to North Korea - 3

Number of the world’s four embalmed heads of state that Rod has seen personally - 3

Times the Beijing Olympic Stadium has been used since the 2008 Olympics - 0

Number of Ghanaian women in the hotel lobby the last night of our stay - 24


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