Originally Posted by docebzz

thank you guys for all the suggestions. I did pay heed to the advices above and changed my a plan a little. i have decided just to do Beijing for this trip as a layover as i cannot do DMZ/JSA tour during those days as there is a military training ongoing during that time period.

Now I will be flying Houston-PEK with a 28 hours layer over in Beijing before heading to Singapore. I land at PEK 4 am on 13th sept via Air China with the next flight on 14th sept 8:45 am with singapore airlines. All these flights are on one ticket using my united miles.

I had the following questions :

1) I do qualify for the TWOV as the current itinerary stands? Will i get questioned while traveling from houston to china as i won't have a visa for china? are they well versed with these situations? should I do anything additional?

2) For the lay over I plan to do Great Wall and Forbidden City is possible? Anything additional I should try to fit in? Any good place to eat ( nothing too fancy like local off the street kind of food)

3) As my flight is morning leaving china should i stay near the airport?

thank you again!