A couple weeks ago, I flew to Beijing on a Saturday to speak at conference.
I'd never been to China or even Asia before, so I decided to use the opportunity to see some other parts of the other side of the world.
So, Monday morning, I woke up at 4:30 A.M. and headed to Beijing Capital airport (PEK) for an early morning flight 800 miles south to a city near Shanghai called Hangzhou.
To get there, I flew Hainan Airlines – a domestic carrier.
In many ways, the experience was just like flying a US carrier from New York to Chicago, also an 800 mile flight. But there were some key differences.
I got to the airport before having breakfast. So I stopped at this place for a dumpling filled with mystery meat. I regretted it.
My gate looked like La Guardia during the holidays.
I got to the airport so early because, according to Flight Stats, 80% of all flights in China leave late. I heard only the first flights out leave on time.
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