Great airport! Wow!

Great airport! Wow!
So large! To be honest, before I came here I got surgery done on my toes to fix ingrown toenails. (Story for another time). I had severe pain in my feet, obviously, and was taking lots of Tylenol to keep from passing out from the pain.
I flew from Seattle and arrived in Beijing early in the morning and had a 25 hour layover, (which technically was longer than my visa allowed), but the nice guy at immigration said, I ll let you in, but you d better be on that flight .
I got a ride to a hotel from a random stranger, (not a taxi driver), in an unmarked car, (not a taxi), that he had borrowed from another random stranger.
The hotel was very expensive, (just for foreigners), and it didn t have a complimentary breakfast or anything else to eat in the lobby, so I hit the streets in search of sustenance.
I walked about a mile before I found a shop that sold some food. They didn t take card so I had to walk another half mile to an ATM where I pulled out about $20USD and walked back to buy the goods. I bought 2 liters of water, ramen, and a sausage.
I walked back to my hotel, (remember I m doing all this with my severely mutilated feet), and I made myself breakfast.
I thought to myself, this sausage could have parasites I don t want to eat raw , so I dropped it in the complimentary hot water pot with about a liter of water and brought it to a boil a few times. I then added my ramen and ate my meal.
It had been about 8 hours since I had last taken Tylenol so I took another round. I was kinda bored cause they block pretty much all the internet in China so I decided to take a nap. That s when things went south. I woke up some time later with an acute and severe pain in my abdomen. I had never felt that pain before. My first thought was appendicitis, but I remembered that one of the side effects of taking too much Tylenol was rapid liver failure. I had taken just above the minimum amount necessary to cause this. Let me tell you, liver failure sucks.
Naturally, I was exceedingly nervous and tried texting my loved ones to tell them I was going to die in China and I loved them.
I was thinking to myself, it s probably just better to die here in a reasonably comfortable bed than try and go through the ordeal of a dying in a Chinese ER.
So I just laid there and waited to pass away.
One thing about liver failure is that the pain usually never lessens, it only increases. So I took another nap in hopes that the pain would be less when I awoke. Luckily I got some sleep. I was still in a lot of pain when I woke from my nap, but less than I had been. That was a huge relief. Maybe this wasn t the end.
It was about time to head to the airport so I finished my water, packed my things and headed to the lobby. I was incredibly uncomfortable. I bought what I thought was a normal water, but it ended up being clear sugar water. Nice, China. Good one.
I arrived at the airport and headed inside. Terminal 3 is huge. Absolutely massive. I checked in and finally made it to the plane.
Last leg to my final destination!
The pain in my abdomen was still present and I didn t take another Tylenol out of fear, even though my feet were throbbing. That last flight was truly a struggle, but against all odds, I made it.

This was not my first experience in this airport, but definitely the most memorable! Oh Wow.