Zhejiang Holidaystar Hotel
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BAD NEWS!
So far everything has been going swimmingly, the right stamps issued by the right departments, just one more to get, and Ted rang to say he wants to meet at Gregs apartment...
The last government department said NO to Teds application to sponsor a Z visa and residence permit application. No explanation, I meet or exceed their requirements, no reasons listed for the declined application... Just No.
So I am on a job hunt again!
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Arrival at last.
The landing was a little off, there was a rainstorm flooding the runway as we landed and the plane swayed from side to side as it braked down the runway, I presume the plane was hydroplaning or the puddles were slowing one side more than the other or something, but a very rough and wobbly landing once touched down.
So after that it was out of the baggage ...
Sleepy Time for Hoopie
... get together in Laowaitan which is the foreign section of town. Even though a year had gone by, it was almost comical how little had changed. There are some new faces, but the feeling was just the same. I guess that's true anywhere though. It was great to see everyone again.
I entered zombie mode early in the evening, but still didn't make it to bed until rather late. After about 5 1/2hours ...
Yo, Hangzhou
... br>
After I reached my saturation point for culture and natural beauty, I meandered my way back to the train station and caught the train back to Ningbo. Had another fun extended conversation with my seatmates. Got back to Forrest's around 10pm, after waiting for the better part of an hour in the Taxi queue at the train station. We'd been planning to go out after I got back, but he had had a long day at work and wasn't in the mood. I was rather ...
Big ol' Ningbo Update
... the first day. It's a nice place, but many taxi drivers don't really know how to get there. As fate would have it, this guy was one of those who was a little clueless about how to get there. Luckily, this actually led to a conversation. We talked about the weather, how long I had been studying Chinese, and the relative merits of the south and north of China. (I left out the merits of the north in our discussion- he was from Ningbo). Yeah, I can talk about ...
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