Well, after todays training, my arms really hurt, but this is ok because because I will take tomorrow off from paddling and finally get a chance to be a tourist.

This whitewater course is hard because of big whitewater, it takes a lot work from my muscles to stay online and now after paddling non stop for about an hour, my arms are hurting. All the paddlers are saying the same thing.

So I get a full day off tomorrow, I will try to go see the Great Wall and go to downtown Beijing and do some shopping. I think a pair of shoes are needed and if I find a good price, I will get myself a present.

I will let you know later how it goes.

cheers

Pablo

Wed. June 4th

I woke up early at 6 am. This felt great. I went to the hotel lobby, worked on my computer, att breakfast and I am now ready for the days training. After several days of not waking up full of energy, I thought I might never recover from jet lag but alas I have.

Well, I need to go watch video from yesterdays workout now,

Cheers

Pablo

Well, after many days of not having internet, I have it now and things are great.

It was a long flight, 16 hours total of flying time. I had a two hour layover in San Francisco where I met my sister at the airport for lunch. Without warning I arrived in San Fran, called her and she jumped in a cab right away. This was very nice before having to board the plane for an 11 hour flight.

I arrived with all my luggage in Beijing to wait about 45 minutes for my pick up to arrive. I did not know who would pick me up, I was only a little worried but did not stress too much. I walked outside, then tried to find internet which I failed at but soon after I was found by Liza who was very nice and worried about me because she had been stuck in traffic. I assured her that I was happy just waiting, I knew someone would get there eventually.

We dropped off my boat at the whitewater park which is amazing, I will post some video tomorrow after I get some more footage. We then went to the King and Queen hotel which is amazing also. It has the biggest lobby I have ever seen.

I have suffered greatly from jet lag. I have slept a lot and now after two days, I am much better. The paddling is hard. Wow, I have a lot of work to do and I am happy I am here now to prepare for the games and not later. Thank you ICF for giving me this opportunity to train here. The International Canoe Federation has invited me here to Beijing to take part in a training camp which is for people from certain countries that do not have much development in kayak. So, I am very happy to be here.

We have great coaches and a great group of people to train with.

As of now, I have not done any tourist things but I hope to in the next couple days.

And, the food here is crazy, some good, some weird. A lot of the food, I have no idea what I am eating but this does not bother me too much. I always like to try a little of everything but then I end up with too much and my stomach complains, oh well, the food is interesting and I feel I must try it.

Alright, this is enough for now, until next time

Cheers

Pablo

I will update my blog on a regular basis, if you have an extra second, you should check out this video at http://rapidtransitvideo.com/library.ph ... &num=1

It is a great video made by Chris Gragtmans with Catalyst Media

There is also another video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LVcp_FTZBU

Cheers

Pablo