Day 1 - Steve's Observations

My flight touched down around 11:00 p.m. and the airport was nearly empty. Going through it without thousands of other people around allows you to take in the size of the structure – it is massive. Fortunately the flight in was uneventful as flights are supposed to be. We were met at the airport by Frank our tour guide. He has proven to be a wealth of knowledge pointing out many things as we drive by that would otherwise go unnoticed. One item would be his explanation of unemployment in China for example. The government gives a conservative number of about 10%; he says it is likely in excess of 20% (doing the math 20% of 1.4 billion which is approaching the entire population of the USA).