NOW begins a long hot summer in Beijing and recent happenings have conspired to change my traveling plans… whatever will I do? I could stay in my air-conditioned flat and wait for fall, race from one air-conditioned store to another,wasting my time looking at things I don't need and don't even want.But I won't! Instead I'm going to make plans to fully explore Beijing. But it's so hot! Do I really want to do this, do 1 really think I can change my hermit habits and brave the hot pavement and grumpy tempers of uncomfortable people? Yeah...I'm determined and this is how I'll start.