One Night in Beijing
Not exactly like that song, but I flew in, had dinner, slept, and will leave for the orphanage in about 2 hours. I haven’t even bust out my camera, yet. What is this world coming to?
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about 5 months ago - 5 comments
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about 1 year ago
Glad ya had a safe flight. Guess no stingray this time while leaving/@ the airport.