It is the last day before my hiatus from traveling. Soon I am going to Beijing Capital International Airport, which is the fastest growing airport in the world in terms of passengers and flights. Then I will have a 13h45m flight which I think will head over the North Pole (look at a globe) to Newark, New Jersey. After a 2h35m layover, I will get on a 2h9m flight to Detroit. I hope there are no solar flares today because I’m going to get a boost of radiation when I lose the planet’s magnetic field over the North Pole.
Update: It was a long day. I was awake for 28 hours straight. First of all, the guy running the Home Stay program promised he would drop me off at the airport, but instead he sends me on a relatively expensive taxi. At the airport you have to go through security a few times. There is an extra hand search of bags at the gate for flights into the US. The long flight to the US went smoothly though with no delays and lots of food. Upon arriving in New Jersey, I had to go through security again and I waited around. When it was time to board, I headed over to the gate and noticed the flight has been canceled. I had to wait in a customer service line for a hour, but I got a hotel room (although 30 minutes away) and a flight for the next day.