The Beijing airport is utopian

Around this time tomorrow I will be on Air China 982 to Beijing, with a 1 hour layover before flying on to Bangkok. Coming back I have a 6 hour layover in Beijing, which I am quite excited about - like my friend Zelimir I am a huge fan of international airports. I love that strange experience of narrowly being in a country that you are not otherwise visiting. Of course, some airports turn out to be disappointments - I venture to say that I never again need extra time in the Bogota airport . Aqueduct Racetrack has more amenities, and more toilet paper. But happily, in researching the Beijing airport I learned that Terminal 3 alone (the terminal I fly into) is as large as all five of Heathrow's terminals combined, with another 17% to spare, including a "global market" with 72 stores. Abacus users will know that gives me a mere 5 minutes per store on my layover, so I'll have to move briskly.