Ch 4: Independence Day

Beijing and all of China follows the same time zone. Imagine, the entire country useing just one time zone. I wonder if they have the same work hours regardless of what region of the country you are in. It's a very Chinese way of doing things. The time zone difference just happens to be exactly 12 hours ahead of NY east coast time. I tried to stay up last night to get myself acclimated but ended up taking a "nap" from 5-8am.

Anyhow, it's Tuesday morning July 4th 2006. My ANA flight leaves in a few hours. Next stop Tokyo for the transfer then after that Beijing, China.