Rendezvous: Kim&Bob @Beijing

Hi,
Sorry to hear about Bob's mother-in-law's passing.

We were looking fwd to visiting with you in Beijing. I bought you an umbrella and 2 fans to ease the heat and humidity, so now we'll give them away to someone else.
As for us, it turned out, we got here early from Shanghai and the tour company was able to accommodate us- which we were glad for.
Hotels are hard to come by (outside the tour, especially beginning August1), but we made some contacts, and we have a place to stay in August.
At the moment, depending on the outcome in the next day or so,we may do option: 1)we may fly to Chengdu (and using it as a base, and there to Llasha, Tibet and Xian) to see more of southwest China. We have an August 17 flight to USA.
Or Option 2) By a miracle, I got connected with a British company and get hired as a host for their ajor Olympics sponsor (Omega Watch), and work during the Olympics. If that were to happen, I would have to revamp our original plas, travels, and schedule and move heaven and earth to reschedule and make many calls to Singapore and US so we/ I could stay. Regardless of the outcome, this experience initiated great interests for me to be involved in the Olympics curcuit. 2010 in Vancouver, Canada (love that place) and 2012 London - absolutely love the city - both there cities I have visited several times through the years, and it would be such a blast to be recruited for the events!

Either way, we experience Olympics in some form or another.
Sorry we missed you.
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kim28@vzw.blackberry.net
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:38:00 +0000

(from Kim) Hi Kate
Sorry for the late reply. Bob and I had to return to USA because his mother in law died on Wednesday. It was so nice to meet you. Enjoy Beijing and keep in touch. Kim
Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

My tour guide, his cell phone and the hotel I'll be at:
候小磊: 13911778789 in Be ijing
北京:准5* 萨尔利兹酒店 - 5*(Sariz International in Haidin Shi- 4th ring, west side, subway line 10, 3 to last stop)

(from Kate) I'll be arriving Jul 23 Wed and spending most of the time at the Forbidden Palace - asking the guide to leave us there for the entire day- and we'll find our way to the hotel ourselves.
Tour guiding is almost unnecessary in Beijing with the exception of Great wall and a couple of other attractions as most are within the city.

Are you at Courtyard Marriot?
3-18 Chong Wen Men Wai Street, Chongwen District
Beijing, 100062 China
Phone: 86 10 67081188 Fax: 86 10 67081808
Sales fax: 86 10 67088019 Toll-free: 400 888 5551
What's Bob's or Kim's last name? Time share under whose name? Let's get together and do a few things. We could use some real English and you might need some Mandarin to get the most out of China through my interpretation.