Departure day - it's hard to believe our 2 weeks in China are at an end. The last morning is leisurely as we don't need to have luggage outside our doors until 11:30. Larry spent much of the morning finishing uploading this blog, while I lolled about, reading. Then check-out and the trip to the airport, with Daisy filling more details about Chinese sex taboos and fetishes. We spent a long time in line waiting to check in for our flight, then to get through the various exit processes. Even so, we had about 2 hours to wait once we reached the departure lounge. Everyone had snacks and we bought some beer, so it was like another party. Oh - and did I mention those last few yuan burning holes in our pockets? There was certainly some shopping going on.
We take off about 4:30 pm for a flight to Vancouver, and then a plane switch to Toronto. It will be a grueling 16 or 17 hours in the air.
Looking forward to home in Burlington and a look at the new little Woodsie.
...later in Toronto: We had a pretty good flight home but got detached from our group in Vancouver. At the Vancouver-Toronto check-in we saw many of our group moving by us, and at the same time were being told that we had missed our flight which was book for 2 pm. We were put standby on the next flight, at 2:25, and had to rush like gazelles to get to the gate in time. We made it but no one from our group was on the aircraft.
In Toronto no one from our group was around Vancouver flights' baggage carousels either. One of our bags arrived but 2 others were missing. Delivery was promised so we headed out.
Arriving home, we found that Sarah had gone to Pearson to meet us. Fortunately she linked up with Dave and M-E and was able to drop them with Sal and Pepper. Much story telling, beer, and off to bed. What a trip!
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