Hello All, So this will be the first of (hopefully) many posts along our 11 week journey through Asia! After 24 hours of traveling, we arrived in Beijing and had to wait in a 30 minute line for a taxi at the airport. The taxi driver of course didn't have the slightest clue where our hostel was, and ended up driving around in circles talking on his cell phone for an extra 20 minutes. But alas, we arrived! Our hostel is in what is called a "hutong" which is a traditional Chinese alley. When we arrived there were 2 trucks blocking the very narrow street, so we ended up being dropped off a few blocks from our hostel, in the middle of a dark alley, at 130am. Just my kind of start to the trip! Our
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