Another Kind of Exploring
I didn’t realize it until yesterday, when I was doing a little mental inventory of things that I DON’T take with me when I’m roaming the dark, narrow passages of new cities in foreign countries that I left my Lonely Planet travel guide up in Wuhan when I left five days ago. My guide to interesting places and safe hostels had become a bit obsolete. I’ve got enough mandarin to ask about night markets and hotel streets, to get suggestions about interesting sights within a city, and to tell a taxi I’ll give you 10 ? to go here and don’t use a meter. Besides, I’m in Guangzhou. I’ve been here twice before and know where I can stay if I need to but I’ve got Veg looking for a place for me to stay. What is there to worry about? Next time I’m in Wuhan I’ll pick it back up. At least long enough to see the best place to grab the trans-Siberian from China. Though after two failed attempts at vegetarian cuisine in Beijing…
Coming to terms with Guangzhou. Not bad at all…finding some of those fun dark places. Night markets (why is that starting to sound a bit raunchy?) and cafes, lounges and noodles. Yep…starting to see how a person can get comfortable here.
But the trouble with Taiwan, yes…still no news back about employment. I don’t think it’ll be difficult to rejuvenate my options once I’m back on the Island, but I still hate to see a fine job slip by. Maybe the school was crooked. Yea…I can sleep better knowing I didn’t get suckered into that business. One of the guys who came to Wuhan from Inner Mongolia had come to sort out some trouble with his sister enrolling in a fraudulent school, wouldn’t like to take the fall for some shady dealings because they’ve got my name on a piece of paper, how would I? Nope Nope. I’ll get things sorted out some how. I’ve gone this long without an arrest, theft, major injury, or taking the wrong train (though I HAVE come close to all at least once), I’m confident things will work out in Taiwan too ^_^ .