Dianxin 1st Hostel
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... adu si taky mám zařídit sama. Moc fajn. A že prý žádost, která je pro to nezbytná, mi dají až zítra, protože to musí potvrzovat někdo další. Jo a taky papír, který si nechali na ambasádě v Praze, je zdá se také nutný předložit, no v nejhorším mi budou muset zařídit nový, at se snaží. Dali jsme si na ulici k obědu baozky (kynuté bulky plněné různými věcmi, jako špenátem a vajíčkem, pálivým ...
好好学习,
... I had to study, but of course I got lost again. After being misdirected twice, I finally met a super nice woman who walked with me all the way back to the dorm. I'm attributing this to the good karma I generated by doing the same for a lost Chinese man several weeks ago. It turns out her daughter is coming to America soon, so we chatted a lot about the differences between the Chinese and the American lifestyle. It was fun, and ...
So close, yet so far
... another hotel who were willing to take us.
Understandably so, everyone was quite worn out and more than a little stressed. Aran went straight to bed, soon followed by Novia. I wandered the streets, trying to find a convenience store that sold Snickers, to give to the girls to cheer them up. As with everything else that day, the only store that sold Snickers had just closed. I decided to head over to McDonalds and eat a late dinner.
I gave my ...
Jumping into the Deep End
... at you, stare, ignore you, etc but they do this in as polite a fashion as one can and 3. Nowism does exist. Everything could change in a moment. It's about being flexible. One day might be completely the same, the next one is required to think on your toes and run around trying to figure out where you are and what's going on. I am going to expect everything and expect nothing.
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Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City
26/07/2011
Eight shirdty, eight shirdty, eight shirdty, OK?OK? Bin our tour guide said last night we should meet and leave (8.30!). We are off to Tiananmen Square where we are not allowed to ask any sensitive questions like "when did you come out of the closet Bin?" or maybe he is talking about something else involving a massacre and tanks potentially in 1989.
We are ...