Our first grand adventure occurred when nine members of the team squished into an elevator with two pieces of luggage each to go up one floor. As the rest of us waited for the elevator to return, seconds turned into minutes--and we finally hauled our stuff up the escalator outside the terminal.Meanwhile, the nine on the elevator were stuck inside!
"It got really warm in there," said Nathan Miller. "It seemed like 9 hours, but I guess it was only about 20 minutes."
Rebekah Lash, who says it was her first time stuck in an elevator, learned that you have to "expect the unexpected. You never know what's going to happen, so just take things as they come."
A mechanic eventually freed them and everyone reunited, happy and seemingly no worse for the wear.Anyhow, everyone has made it safely to the airport. We leave at 1:40 a.m. LA time for Beijing. We're looking forward to a good flight. (P.S. this blog is set to Beijing time.)
Stay tuned for more. . .
