I arrived to Beijing, China on June 11th after a long and tiring flight. Before the passengers could leave the plane every person on board the plane had to have their temperature taken in case they had the swine flu. If any passenger had a fever they and three rows in front and three rows behind would be put in Quarantine for seven days. Luckily nobody on the plane had a fever which caused the passengers to cheer and we were allowed to leave the plane, go through customs, and enter Beijing, China. I started my first day of sight seeing at Tiannemen Square. Tiannemen Square is one of the largest squares in the world. the area has the Forbidden city on one side, government headquarters in the middle and the Memorial Hall of Mao Zedong.
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