Day 16: Beijing, en route to Xi'an (6/13/2009) - In Which I Post Recent Photos

This isn't technically written en route to Xi'an, because, well, I would be on a moving and Internet-less train if I were actually traveling. The liberties I take with the English language are hiLARious.

We had our usual editorial meeting, blah blah, we packed and ran errands, blah blah, Tracy and I had some bonding moments over The Slowest Bank Transaction In The History Of Banks (that includes the last time he tried to change traveler's checks last week), and now we're all pleasantly gathered in the meeting room trying to while away the final few hours before our departure.

Okay, so in the attached photo, not all of us are around any more. Must you be so technical??

Later this evening, we will clamber on a soft sleeper train for a 14-hour trip to Xi'an. We will share four bunks to a little room within a segment of the train car. It will look a little bit like the bunk in which Renee Zellweger's character beats up her harasser in Me, Myself and Irene.

I will be praying fervently for a ceasefire from my bowels. (As per my Twitter update, their rumbling sounds exactly like the drum rolls from Charlton Heston's Ten Commandments)

The travels will be exciting, and the rest of this post is just conjecture by now so why don't you just wait for tomorrow's post already.

I'm really just here to show you some eye candy.