This is a rough/simple ver­sion of where we are — sit­ting a few long blocks down from the For­bid­den City and Tiana­men, and right at the cross­roads of some heavy shop­ping areas. Ear­lier research sug­gests — though I can­not be sure — that the highly rated Da Dong Roast Duck restau­rant is very very close. Will con­firm tomor­row. Here’s the obviously-off-but-close plot of the path to the mythic Duck: google map.

Get­ting ready– small, agile lap­top. Online back­ups we hope we can access. Installing server on lap­top to run dev sites. Drink­ing water.