Thursday

Off to Canada. Had a late checkout at the hotel. We did some last minute shopping but didn't find to much. I bought a silver chain for about $24. Had lunch at the German Beer House and supper at the hotel. Tried to connect with Yosh, but couldn't. Left the presents for him and Sid at the from desk. About 2030 we headed of to the airport. We couldnt check in until almost midnight and then we got the worst seats on the plane. No leg room and no reclining. Terrible flight to Beijing. We also couldn't get our seats for the AC flight to Canada so we had to go through customs and into China to the AC checkin counter. and here we wait. We've been waiting for about 4 hours and even the self check in kiosks don't work yet. I hope we get some reasonable seats for the flight back to Vancouver. We're sitting in a Starbucks in the airport. Technically we are in China now. I can't wait until we get out of the departure hall and back into the departure area. We met a couple from Calgary that are in the same boat as we are. We may catch up with them later.
Eventually the Air Canada counter opened and we got our boarding passes. Went back through Chinese customs and to our gate. Boarded the plane and 11 hours later, back at home. Cleared customs with no problem at all, caught the shuttle to the hotel and are showering up and getting ready to have some supper in a bit.
All in all it's been a super trip. Even the bad and frustrating things are laughable now. We'll be updating the pictures soon and I hope to be able to start working on the video that we took. Once the video is done, it will be on sale in the lobby at a reasonable price ;-). Actually we'll probably mail it out to any and all who want to be bored. We'll also be doing a few additions to the blog over the next bit on what to take and what to expect in Thailand.

Later folks and it sure is a treat to be able to get a glass of drinking water from the tap.