Our first night in Beijing

The flight was 14 hours long - there's only so much you can pretend to sleep on a flight that long despite the fact that you know you'll be exhausted upon arrival.

The food was pretty good as was the service (had a touch of temper when the seat would not recline and I thought that I had a business class ticket to hell.). Worked fine after the stewardess reset the power in the cabin.

We checked into Beijing' China World Hotel - a well deserved 5 star hotel. Our suite was very nicley appointed and they had all sorts of little amenities for us.