July 26th, 2009 Beijing, China
We arrived in Beijing, China at 8:00 pm. It was really strange because we slept 5 hours on the plane, woke up, ate dinner, and were told we would be arriving soon and it was evening. It was like we had slept all night and most all of the day!
When we got all our bags (24 in all) a guy told us the airline would be putting us all (others too missed the flight) up in a hotel in Beijing. So we all boarded a very crowded bus and drove to the hotel. It was a very nice hotel, but since our days were nights and our nights were days, it was difficult to decide what we were to do. After they fed us a very traditional Chinese dinner, we all tried to sleep a little before leaving at 5:00 am for the airport to hopefully make it to our new home.
Water in China is un-drinkable and we all woke up this morning (I am sitting in the hotel lobby now as I type this) very very thirsty. I asked the hotel attendant where we could get water. No real answer. Asked in the restaurant- was told no. Asked again if we could just buy some water. We were all parched. Still was told no, or not understood.
This really made me think about how simple a thing water is and how we take it for granted. But while we lacked water to drink, the Chinese people lack the real water. That is the real need and it is hitting me now. Thirst is real and all people have it, whether they know it or not.
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