Puffs of white fill the air. It is spring in Beijing and the blooming has begun. Little balls of pollen that look like tufts of cotton are everywhere. They stick to clothes and hair and occasionally get sucked in with a deep breath. On particularly pollen-filled days it looks like it is snowing, as the white puffs dance in every breeze and float ( Read more... )

Where I am: WuDaoKou (area/neighborhood of Beijing - in northwest corner if you need to find it on a map ( Read more... )

So, I’ve made it to China.

I’ve been keeping a little notebook to document my thoughts as I travel, and I plan on posting some of those thoughts and observations here on my LJ to keep everyone informed. Notes in :::dots like these::: were added as I wrote in my LJ, they are not in the notebook.

( Here is the first set of my China series of LJ posts (this first set is the 'getting there' part )