booby will carry you on his back to the airport.

There are buses that run to the airport for like 20 rmb there 5 diffent routes with 5-8 stops but where they leave from I can't tell you...

there are some airport shuttle bus. it cost only 18 rmb.
you can take these bus from the following station
1. Beihang University, North gate
2. Beitai ping zhuang
3. zhongguan cun
and lots more
I had take bus from Beihang Univeristy's Bei men. It is near from BLCU.

What does that sh*t taste like?

It would be really cool if one day Booby were at his computer and somehow this huge electric current ran through it and shocked him to death. I mean, it would quite possibly be the best thing that could happen to this bbs.

Been doing that for awhile - can an American white boy be an FOB?

yeah, the two most convenient locations i know of for the shuttle service are in front of those ticket offices in XiDan and a stop to the west of the BJ railway station.

Can you take luggage on this bus?

theres a dude that hangs around campus all the time. he drives both ways for 100 and also waits at the airport... not cheap per se but saves u at least a 100 kuai... pm for number im sure hes happy to get more customers

SO... he just stays at the airport and sleeps there until you come back from your trip?

(just kidding, but really, what if you only need to go one way, will he still do it for 50?)

Thanks Freakqi, I wuld never have thought of that! Hopefully, by the time we get there (Sep 08) the metro line from the airport will be up and running. Speaking of the metro, is there a list any where which shows the physical address of the subway stops?

LOL.... no, they build the buses AT the airport and just send them outward bound. After they've dropped off all the people the bus ends up in some rural suburbs being used as a house. There's a big circle of bus-homes around Beijing.

Ok this is getting trippy - I don't know if you're serious or joking....

No, really, from where I was along the west-mid 3rd Ring Road, they were dropping people off across the road but not picking up anyone on my side, just whizzing by in the fast lane. MY friend checked online and confirmed that they drop off, don't pick up. Maybe different locations are different. Whatever the case may be, check it out.

Oh, PS - Just take some random bus as close as you can get.... even from Dongzhimen it's a big difference than from xizhimen. From xizhimen the meter ran up over 100 but he only charged me 100 plus the highway toll, and from Dongzhimen he didn't even offer me the 100-flat rate, the meter stayed below 100 - around 90 ish maybe, don't remember...... so anyway, take a 4mao bus as far as possible out of beijing where you can still hail a cab.

The reason why you were left waiting is because the routes and stops for the airport shuttle bus going to the airport are different from the ones coming back from the airport! Refer to the map on the following page:

http://en.bcia.com.cn/traffic-manual/airport-bus.shtml

The red stops on the green lines are what you want. Easy, ain't it?

Thanks! Great link. I was unable to get the english version of the airport website so this link was really helpful.

I rollerblade to the airport, luggage in tow.

here it is again:

http://en.bcia.com.cn/traffic-manual/airport-bus.shtml