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Flight to Dulles Airport was uneventful and I barely had time to read the ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY magazines Kris shared with me. (Tim Burton’s take on SWEENY TODD looks interesting) before we landed.

Now I am treated to a 5 hour layover before we leave for Beijing China (estimated time in the air, 14 hours…which is good. I need all the time with my Chinese language podcasts I can get.)

A little about where I am going.

The Province of Sichuan and the neighboring municipality of Chonqing cover 220,078 sq. miles and are home to 110 million people. The city of Chonqing (where we are staying) is a quaint little town of 35 million people whom I hope to meet individually and acquire a first name basis ASAP.

It is a heavily industrialized City with a rural strip running east along the Yangzi River and its famous Three Gorges. I am thrilled to learn this morning that Friday we are slated to take a river cruise down the river and should see some amazing sites.

Well, I think I had better run. Laura has a few assignments for me I think I can accomplish before this trip. And you guys know at Access we do business 24/7/365. So I am going to work a little before I leave. Please see the photos of my fancy corner office I set up in Dulles with all the amenities I require….laptop, wireless and an iced-tea….plus THE TAO OF POOH. What more could a guy want?

Next entry should be from the other side of the world my friends.

Love ya all.

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Safely checked into the Roanoke Airport with no problems. Packing for China was a challenge. What to bring, what to leave out?

But with Amy’s help I feel pretty confident I will not be a stereotype of a bad American Tourist.

My carry-on bags are weighed down with more magazines, videos, language tapes and audio books than I can even list. Lots of time to kill and anyone that knows me is well aware of how I require constant stimulation and diversions. So between a 5 hour layover at Dulles, then a 14 hour flight to Beijing, then a two hour layover until we arrive at Chongqing.

A little background about what I am doing. Access, along with other area businesses (a representative from Carilion Biomedical Center and a Roanoke Aeronautics company) were invited to accompany the Vice Mayor and Roanoke City Economic Development on a business exchange trip by the Chongqing Businessmen’s Association.

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