It’s the night before our adventure in Asia begins. I’m typing this blog post as my last load of laundry dries, before being crammed into my 70 liter capacity back pack — a capacity that hopefully does not exceeds that of my body’s ability to carry it.

Tomorrow (Thursday, March 12) we board a plane in Atlanta at 11:15 a.m. and set down in Beijing at 3:30 p.m. (local time), on Friday. And no, it doesn’t bother me that it’s Friday the 13th …

Once we arrive in The People’s Republic of China, we’ll be half a day ahead of our friends and family back home (U.S. EDT). And from that point on, we’ll make it the objective of this blog to share all the wisdom that comes with these 12 hours.

Wondering what tomorrow will bring? We’ll let you know — at least how it went for us.