We arrived in Beijing at 11pm, and the longest queue at Beijing airport was for the taxi. China has begun to fingerprint people between the ages of 14 and 70. Everyone has to go to a fingerprint booth, but we got a little slip that says OK without having to put our fingers on the glass - being old has one advantage and just as in my first visit .
Let's not even think about the infection control implications of mass fingerprinting! I guess it is on a par with lift buttons.
We met up with tour group for lunch then went to one of my favourite places - Tiantan - the Temple of Heaven. It was my fourth visit to this very beautiful site. It might be called a Temple, but it is really a site of ceremonial procedures in imperial China. This was to keep the balance and harmony between man, the earth and heaven. The emperor had his role in all this.
Smaller version, with KM.
Not our tour group. But a good idea. Today we managed to lose one of our group, who was found again at the bus. Fifteen years ago, on my first visit to Tiantan, we also lost a group member, who got himself back to the hotel. It must be that sort of place.
A warning. Let's hope you don't get itchy on your visit!
Chinese Wifi works for my Hotmail, not for FB or the blog. Surprisingly WhatsAp works on the mobile phone, but cannot send pics or videos.
And weather is good and clear. Beijing's pollution is nowhere to be seen.
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