MicahJohn

I’m not sure what happened. But apparently the concern has been resolved.

This morning I went to open facebook and found the following message

Sorry, the web site you are accessing has been closed by Royal Thai Police due to inappropriateness such as pornography, gambling or contain any information which is deemed to violate national security.

So, don’t expect me to reply to any messages via facebook.

Edit:
The most probable explanation I can find is here

I’m here. I got in at 7:10. I started teaching at 8:30. I’m looking forward to the end of the day. I don’t think I’m going to set any records for productivity today.

The irony of my situation is just a little too thick. My new flight from Beijing to Bangkok has been delayed over an hour. If this delay had happened yesterday, I could have made the flight despite my late arrival in Beijing. I could have made it to Ubon as planned.

First, a word to Air China. I would recommend that you show more sympathy to passengers that are going to have to wait an additional 23 hours in Beijing due to the late arrival of your plane. While customers are in a state of shock or panic, rather than sending them on a wild goose chase to five different desks, it would be better to give them clear instructions and get them quickly to a hotel. Speaking of hotels, I recommend finding a hotel that is closer than one hour from the airport. I recommend finding a hotel that doesn’t reek of smoke and that has real mattresses, not lumpy, sheet covered, springs.

Finding myself marooned in Beijing for the day I made an attempt to take advantage of my situation. After taking the hotel shuttle to the airport this morning, I took the train from the airport to the heart of Beijing. I walked around in Tiananmen Square and the Imperial Palace (the Forbidden City).

The Imprerial Palace is quite expansive. I spent hours walking around in it and did not see everything. The palace houses some beautiful art collections.

During the day I was accosted by an art professor and, later in the day, an art student. Both tried to sell me some very beautiful paintings. I, however, had not come prepared to purchase.