It's been a long...long time...

It's been quite some time. I want anyone reading this to keep in mind that i can no longer review what i have typed (i can but it's a pain), because i can actually see my blog page in china. it's blocked!

Anyway, allow me to catch everyone up on my situation.

So i finally decided to leave Hong Kong with my newly met friends, Mac and John, and head to Lijiang(丽江), a city famous for it's beautiful scenery. We started off via MRT to Shenzhen(深圳), went through customs there, and then hoped a train to Guangdong Station（广东火车站). About 30 min. from the station the fun began, as the train folks decided to stop. So we had to gather our belongings, get off at Guangdong East (广东东火车站) and take the subway to Guangdong Station. That done, we purchased tickets to get us about 1/2 way to are final destination, and headed off to Nanning (楠宁). At Nanning we rested abit and prepared to head to Kunming Station (昆明). On arrival, we immediately hoped a sleeper bus (yes the bus had beds) to head to Lijiang.




Before i continue, let me type a few words about train travel in china. It sucks. It's not that it sucks, it's just a hassel, trains like to not move, and you can never seem to get a ticket directly to your destination...even though the train goes through that destination!

...back to Lijiang... Lijiang was beautiful. My traveling companions were great, but i got sick again and missed out on some great excursions :( I got to spend more days than i wanted to in a hotel eating rice pourridge, steamed bread, and popsicles. On the up side, Lijiang's "ancient city (古城)" is pretty cool, and Lijiang has a plethora of good food (when you're not sick).

After about 5 days we, headed back to Kunming， and i got to experience the worst bus ride of my life. Have you ever had diarrhea and had to ride a bus for 8 hours?? IT AIN'T FUN!!! I had to request special stops on the side of the road to avoid making a mess of myself and the bus. It was terrible.

Anyway, after arrival in Kunming, i headed off the Shanghai, and Mac and John back to HK.36hrs. on a train later, i arrived in Shanghai and was greeted by my friend Wang Fei(王飞), who i met last year studying Korea. I stayed in his dorm, and he showed me around a bit. The only problem i had was that he loves to "arrange" and "plan" things, and if things don't go the way he intends, he just gets whinny...*SMACK*
OOHH i also got to catch-up with my housemate from Korea, Xu Run (许润), that was alot of fun.

Three days later i was off the Bo Zhou (亳州), Wang Fei's hometown...why...i'm not too sure. Oh, never heard of Bo Zhou？？ No one in China has either!! It's a small city with some great history and good food, but i got so fed up with all the damn arrangements and planning, that i found it difficult to really enjoy the city.


Four (long) days later, i was on my way to Hangzhou (杭州) to start school. I arrived at 1 am and greeted by friends of Wang Fei's family. They were great! They took me to eat, and to a hotel. Then the next day they took me to the West Lake （西湖) for ice cream, and finally helped me settle into my dorm...the very same dorm in which i am presenty typing.

Now on to the Hangzhou situation...see the next post