Neither here nor there,

You know the airport'a big when you take a train to get from the check in gates to the departure lounges. Welcome to Beiing airport. Big, spacious and empty when you're there in the middle of the night. 

Our flight from Melbourne to Beijing was first redirected via Changhai for a 60ish min maintenance stop where everyone was required to hop off and go through immigration if we were staying in the county or now. So now, I have the entry and exit visa stamps for China without being in the country for more than a grabs total 16hours.

It all was an experience and an adventure.  Once making it out of customs I found some tea near the check in point, relaxed and was refreshed before taking the adventure to find the international departure gates. By train. As I said, it's a big airport. 

So since then, I've gone back through border security, found some place to sleep for a few bourse, stretched my stuff body, written this and have been for a walk. One thing with a big airport and lots of time is that you can go exploring.

Xx

Ps. I haven't been able to get a reliable internet connection. This  be posted once something is found.