Recap of Last Few Days

This probably isn't all that interesting for the general reader, but...

January 31st 2008 - Ust-Kamenogorsk to Almaty
Rode on a Tupolev Jet. The thing felt like it was about to fall apart as we left Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport in the snow-covered airport.

January 31st, 2008 - Almaty. Stuck here for 8 hours as the flight to Beijing is delayed. CRAP.
However, I did get to eat a poor excuse for a hamburger, and the airport has free wireless! Score.

January 31st, 2008 - February 1st, 2008 - The airport delay means getting into Beijing at 3:30 in the morning. CRAP. At least the food was decent.

February 1st, 2008 - Picked up by Uncle Qu and Dad. Home. Right to bed.

February 1st, 2008 - Went for a walk around the neighborhood close to my Dad's apartment. Ate at Ali's Xinjiang Muslim Restaurant, where the waiters all remember me from the last time I went there because I greeted them with an "asaalam aleykum." Lunch consisted of:

Lamb Shashlyk
Lamb Chop (Grilled)
Naan
Some sort of pepper-ground beef fresh laghman (noodles) mixture.

Excellent.

February 2nd, 2008 - February 4th, 2008. Didn't leave the house, working on the SPA grant. (Details later).

February 4th, 2008 - Beijing to Hong Kong. Food sucked on the plane - a pat of rice and two "beef" things that looked like shriveled up cut-off fingers.

February 4th, 2008 - Hong Kong. Sitting in First Class lounge. It's good to have a Dad who travels too much. More updates later.