Unexpected Diversion

(Note - I'm posting notes in a haphazard order, and Peter wants to leave the Internet cafe soon, so next time you read our blog scroll down to read "older" posts that have in fact been posted since you read this - a bit of time travel :-)

Half an hour before we were due to land in Beijing the sun started coming up, but we were flying away from it (i.e. west) rather than towards it. Sure enough a few minutes later the captain announced that there was dense fog in Beijing and all flights were being diverted. We were going to land in Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia, refuel, and continue our journey once the fog cleared.

(to be continued...)