west shore high schools marching bands - china 2008 june 23-25 packing and traveling
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June 24 – Travel DayTRANSCRIPT
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West Shore High Schools Marching Bands - China 2008
June 23-25Packing and Traveling
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June 23
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June 24 – Travel Day
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Travel Day (Cont.)
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Airport Check-in and waiting to board
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Newark Airport
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The Flight to China
The 13 hour flight took us north over Canada, Greenland, about 140 miles from the North Pole (didn’t see Santa), then over Russia, and on to China.
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We had 138 people on Continental, and 53 people on the United flight, and both arrived in Beijing at about the same time.
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Beijing Airport
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On the road to Chengde
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It started off foggy (and perhaps a bit smoggy)….then the rain storm began...
…but most didn’t notice.
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An interesting omen was found in a pack of gum
A pit stop (literally) at the halfway point to Chende
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Finally after a 4 hour drive, we arrived at our hotel in Chengde. We settled down for a late dinner and early bed
time. After all, wake up calls were coming at 4:30 AM.