• Vancouver to Beijing: I visited China in September of 2005 for the first time..
  • Vancouver to Beijing: flying with Air Canada (return ticket $1075 in 2005)...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: the route of the plane was over Russia and Inner Mongolia...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: the weather was very good, all in all a very pleasant flight...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: eventhough the altitude was 10km most of the time the scenery was interesting...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: huge rivers, mountain ranges, feathery clouds...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: it took around 9-10 hours to arrive in Beijing...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: in the afternoon the following day...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: because the time difference between Vancouver and Beijing is 15 hours...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: the pictures you have seen so far are not from China...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: only when you see these long white strips I guess that must be just north of Beijing...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: because that will be desert sand in the areas in Inner Mongolia...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: winds bring sand all the way to Beijing and create sand storms every year...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: that's not a pretty scene however the trees have been cut long time ago...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: so the desert is taking over the arable land...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: this is the first sight of the Great Wall of China!!! Looks great indeed...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: and this is unmistakably the smog covering Beijing...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: time to prepare for landing...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: these are the suburbs of Beijing, next to the airport...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: almost there... tighten your seat-belts...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: few more minutes...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: slowing down and preparing for the touch-down...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: and... yes... we've arrived (daola)...
  • Vancouver to Beijing: the big journey begins...
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