yes, VPN should be.. though my job's VPN has facebook blocked, and though I'm the IT manager, I shouldn't ask them to open it, he heee.

Yes, blogs are blocked, and Google image results are most of them blocked, too. Even the pics at weather.com are blocked

Anyway, what I've realized also, is that this site, Flyertalk.com is extreeeemely slow, REALLY. Each page take MINUTES to load, no kidding. IT was never that slow in Peru nor in Newark airport on saturday, it has to be the China backbone, or controls, don't know. though no other websites are slow.

This first 2 days were excellent, moondog. I spend the whole morning at Forbidden City (plus Tianamen), cheap and good lunch near Tiantan dogmen station and entered Temple of Heaven. Subway is easy. Though I didn't realize that 5 bill was 5 cents, not 5 yuan. First time I see cents bills.

Great places, cool city this Beijing! I'll post more on other threads depending on topics.