Since the boat had been docked all night I had a colder than usual shower before getting the first bus to Wuhan.
I actually felt pretty crappy this morning for the first time since starting traveling so I armed myself with some immodium just in case, sod's law would no doubt dictate that an attack of deli belly would wait for a prime moment to hit such as on a long bus journey with the medical kit sealed in the luggage hold.
Sleeping most of the way on the bus I arrived feeling a heck of a lot better in Wuhan (Woohoo!) and thankfully managed to get a hard sleeper ticket to Shanghai on a train departing in just a few hours (double Woohoo!).
Looking in the vicinity for an Internet Cafe I gave up with no success and ended up just waiting around the train station were a young kid, no older than about 16, was insistent on helping me despite speaking less English than I spoke Mandarin - so bugger all then.
After trying my best to explain I knew were I had to be to get the train and that I did not need any help I eventually just let him have his way and show me to a few empty seats when he then kindly bought me a bottle of water as well, maybe I should have stayed longer here if all the locals were as nice as that kid.
Boarding the train I met Joan (I've given up trying to spell the Chinese names of those I meet so glad of their English alternatives) from Wuhan who did speak great English, probably better than me in fact.
We passed a good deal of the 19 hour journey talking, she was on her way to Shanghai for a job interview and was also the same age as me so was a fellow rooster (got a full explanation of the Chinese calendar) but on further questioning she was actually born just one day after me but on remembering the time difference we worked it out to be less than 12 hours - I was still older though :-)
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