On Thursday, April 4th, we left home at 5:00am in a rental car headed for JFK International Airport. My nerves were getting the best of me the whole ride. We arrived at the airport around 7:30am and were able to get checked in and get through security without any problem. Here is how the rest of our travel day went:
11:30am brunch is served
6:30pm dinner is served
11:00pm snack bag (water, fruit and granola bar)
2:15pm arrived at Hong Kong International airport, local time was 2:15pm but it felt like 2:15am
(we had just finished the first 16 hour leg of our journey)
4:30pm depart Hong Kong for Beijing
7:30pm arrive in Beijing
9:00pm check in at hotel........28 hours after we left home!!!
Ready for take-off!
"brunch" on the plane
Landing in Beijing
The long 16 hour flight was very smooth, it really never even felt as though we were flying. Each seat had it's own touch screen monitor, and we were able to watch many movies and t.v. shows...I watched 11 episodes of the show Up All Night. Towards the end I was definitely getting a bit antsy...I wasn't able to sleep at all on the flight, and I was starting to get uncomfortable. We were careful to drink plenty and get up to walk in the the aisle often, but still...you can only take so long in economy class!
The Beijing Hotel lobby...love the lanterns!
The view from our 14th floor room
Our room
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