In Beijing!

By: Geert

The flight from Dubai to Beijing was pretty good. The drinks were for free, and they had Jack and Coke! We were happy campers. Gerwin and Dave slept the whole flight through.
Arrived in Beijing at about 23.30 local time.

Someone from MIDI-festival was waiting to pick us up from the airport. We got dropped off at our hotel where we checked in.
After checking in, and some freshening up, we went out to get a bite to eat and some beers. Jason and two of his friends took us down the road from our hotel to a 'restaurant'. It was'nt really a restaurant, kind of looked like a store with some tables out on the sidewalk. You see that a lot here.

It was really cool, we had a great time enjoying the 0.65 cl. (?) beers and the local delicacies. The food was delicious, but spicey. We really needed to taste the real Chinese kitchen so we ordered bullfrog, kidneys, chickenbone cartilage and lamb tendon. The bullfrog was actually pretty tasty ;0)

Got to bed at around 5.00 in the morning and slept untill 13.00. It was a good sleep.
Went out for a walk with Dave. It's nice to see the normal life in Beijing. Remember kids, if the traffic light is green, that doesn't mean that you won't be hit by a car. People don't really care for traffic lights here. We made an appointment at the local tattoo shop for Dave and after that we went to McDonalds for breakfast. I know, I know, but we figured we'd deserved it for what we ate last night.

Playing the MAO club tonight. We have to be there at around 18.00 for soundcheck. Looking forward to it. I wonder what it feels like to have an all-Chinese crowd in front of you when they hit the lights...

To be continued...