Province Blogger Shares First Insights Into the Beijing Olympics

The Province's team has arrived in Beijing and Olympic reporter Damian Inwood is up and blogging. See his first post at theprovince.com/blogs.

Here's a snippet:

"BEIJING -- Welcome to Baking -- as in HOT! As Air Canada Flight 029 descended on its final approach to Beijing Airport Sunday afternoon, a smoggy, yellow haze limited views to the horizon to just a few miles.

"Stepping off the plane through the ramp connector was just a taste of the heat that awaited us. It felt a bit like walking into the tropical section at the Vancouver Aquarium . . . The Chinese had the arrivals procedure for accredited media down very smoothly. It was an effortless entry, complete with polite, smiling immigration officials."