Good news for many of our travellers who got some refunds upon arriving in Moscow, and a lot of additional work for us. Look at the happy father and his daughter Li-an. He's in hospital and has had a pin put into his leg from knee to ankle. Despite all that, there is no head injury, nerve damage or spinal damage. He's apparently in quite good form and annoying the nurses.
More people go digital, non-smoking and vegetarian each year.
Completely jet-lagged, overwhelmed by all the new impressions, new and old friends, good food, great music, splendid Smitsonian museums, etc. This was my first chance to spend those dollars in the country they've been printed in. Since we haven't found a way to stop time yet, the clock on Tiananmen Square in Beijing reached a neat row of zero's, and that was it. We're now part of China once more, though with a different system. If it will stay different for the promissed 50 years remains to be seen.