Part 20. Transfer at the Capital Airport. Beijing.
The way home.
We took off from Ho Chi Minh City at 2.40, and at 8.30, head to head, landed in Beijing. They can if they want)
It was the easiest flight I've ever had. The landing gear hadn't left the runway yet, and I was already snoring at full speed. With some inner feeling of a freebie, I felt the distribution of food, woke up, tasted delicious food and continued to sleep until Beijing itself.
Dark noodles captivated me immediately. Either the oil there was special, or the noodles themselves are really so tasty. Or I'll swallow restless.
The truth woke up again to close the curtain. The sun tried to rise and could not, rearranged the alarm clock for another 5 minutes and inspected dreams.
At the same time, a beam hit me right in the eye, hinting that the leg should be taken out of the pocket of the front seat, so as not to inadvertently tear off this pocket with your carcass, eating pasta at night.
I opened my long-suffering eye, clicked the sun on my nose as a memento and fell asleep again.
Beijing. Air China Free Lounge.
Morning still came. When I finally woke up, it was white outside the window. Snow.
I'm in Asian summer panties and flip flops. I take out pink socks (with a Pokemon and a separate one finger - a miracle of the Vietnamese light industry) and a warm stole, also known as a cape.
We leave through the sleeve, in the sleeve it’s dog cold, we are met by a Chinese woman in an overcoat and a winter hat with earflaps. Her eyes widen as she looks at my outfit.
We get to the toilet very quickly, the cold is serious in the airport building itself. They save on firewood) I worked out the technique of changing clothes in the toilets to perfection - two minutes and I in ear-flapped hat warm up like an adult.
We have 5 hours for everything about everything, we are no longer going to the city (the duck has remained a blue dream), but we are going to the lounge, kindly provided by Air China, free of charge, that is, for nothing. Finding a lounge turned out to be a fun quest. In general, how can you get lost at the airport, where all roads lead to the fountain? ) But we did it! The main point was to get from the third floor to the second.
We lined up at passport control, turned our heads uneasily, paced back and forth, looking down, and even asked the same freaks who couldn't find anything else. Finally, they heard their native speech. The bearer, or rather the bearer, was so annoyed and read so loudly the bearer, obediently trailing behind us, that we were afraid to ask her something. Quietly lined up in the wake and swam to the security checkpoint.
I have already spoken about the security control at the Beijing airport. Long, terribly long. Lighters and matches must be thrown into a special box. You can't smoke at the airport, but I think that's not why lighters are taken away.
Everyone goes through the frame, then also for a personal search. In addition, there is thermometry and those who have a fever are screened separately. Hell and Israel.
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Finding a lounge on the second floor is as easy as shelling pears - escape from the tenacious paws of the border guards and confidently, following the signs, look for gate E10, next to it is an elevator that. . takes you up to the 3rd floor)
The Air China Free Lounge is full of legends and songs says a lot of bad things. At least on the Vinsky forum. It would seem, if you don’t love, don’t kiss, no one has tied anyone. Collective farm is a voluntary business. Of course, this is not a five-star hotel, the place is quite democratic, but there you can relax, warm up, take a shower, drink tea. . .
1. Most importantly, everything is free)
2. Exit - entrance is free.
3. It's clean.
4. There is coffee, tea, cookies.
5. The shower is clean with hot water, shampoo, shower gel, soap, toothbrushes, razors and combs. Towels are given out at the entrance to the cabin. Clean and decent.
6. It's quiet there.
7. There are rooms for sleeping (with ambush rooms - there are few of them)
There are sofas, couches, armchairs - everywhere you can settle down and relax.
9. It's warm there! Unlike the rest of the airport.
10. There is Wi-Fi. Very slow, but there.
There is only one drawback - if you go into a clean area where the lounge is located, you cannot go out into the city. You need to immediately go to the city, and then to the lounge.
Rooms
Shower
Corridor
Shared room
There is also a small dark room with couches where about 10 people sleep side by side, I didn’t take pictures there, of course.
I didn’t have enough rooms, although, as you can see, I photographed an empty room.
If we needed to be there longer, then maybe I would even begin to apply for it, waving a certificate of a veteran of the Kulikovo battle and my swollen legs, but there was not much time left. I silently made a nest for myself in the corridor and went to wash and change in the shower.
A stole, a pareo and a pillow generally replace my home in any chigirs, and if there is somewhere to put my feet, then this is just a nice addition. .
People who, in principle, are not ready to endure hardships, are advised to spend their hard-earned money on a hotel, and for those who need a clean shower and hot tea to be grateful for a free service, come here.
Time really turned out to be back to back, we did not have time to look back, as it was time to move slowly to our gate.
I think, given our long search and security checks, we were in the lounge for less than three hours.
This is enough to rest.
Whole cycle:
1. Preface to the story about my trip to Vietnam
2. Morning in the middle of the night or Hello Comrade Beijing!
3. Ho Chi Minh City is delicious.
4. Part 4. Ho Chi Minh City-Dalat.
5. Part 5. What would a day be like if it started in a madhouse?
6. Part 6. Da Nang. Marble mountains.
7. Part 7. Hoi An's soulful city.
8. Part 8. Why did they destroy Michonne?
9. Part 9. By air, by sea, by land.
10. Part 10. Must see. Halong bay.
11. Part 11. On the road again. Cat Ba-Hanoi.
12. Part 12. Hanoi. Only the old city.
13. Part 13. Phu Quoc Island. First impressions.
14. Part 14. Duong Dong. Night and day markets.
15. Part 15. Why people go to the sea.
16. Part 16. Winperland in Fukuoka.
17. Part 17. Bounty and other freebies.
