FRIDAY, AUGUST 29,
2014:
Today I landed in China!! We got to Beijing
at about 4:45AM and the airport was beautiful. No garbage anywhere. I think I dropped an orange peel at one point and a small woman ran up and cleaned it in 3 seconds flat. It smelled
like that super sanitary smell that you only find in Jamba Juice and they blasted
classical music—pretty high class.
We got to Nanjing at about 10AM and figured
out the bus we were supposed to take and what stop we wanted. The bus ride was
gorgeous. This place is beautiful. After the bus ride we had to take a cab to
our hotel. Our cab driver was really talkative, but I only
understood about half of what he was saying. Apparently at one point he had
mentioned that he’d like to go and live in America, but it’s too expensive and
he has no money so he had to start driving cabs. Seeing as though I forgot to
tip him; I felt pretty bad after Garett told me this information once we got out. But this is China and I’ll never
see him again so whatever.
We got settled in our hotel and then went out apartment hunting. We found one we liked that fit all 8 of the girls on the trip and then went back to the realtor's office to figure out the rent with the landlord.
After we left there everyone was hungry and the general consensus was to go to McDonald’s. Because that’s what I came to China for…McDonald’s. We ended up walking probably and extra mile to get there and I was exhausted after all the flying and running around and wasn’t even hungry. So we walked in and I walked to the bathroom. I have never wanted to be a man more than when I walked into a room full of squatting toilets. I quickly turned around and decided I could wait until I got back to the hotel. There will be a day when I will need to know how to use a squatting toilet, but today is not that day.
The view from our apartment window. It's only this good because we're in a 7th story apartment with no elevator. Love my life.
After we left there everyone was hungry and the general consensus was to go to McDonald’s. Because that’s what I came to China for…McDonald’s. We ended up walking probably and extra mile to get there and I was exhausted after all the flying and running around and wasn’t even hungry. So we walked in and I walked to the bathroom. I have never wanted to be a man more than when I walked into a room full of squatting toilets. I quickly turned around and decided I could wait until I got back to the hotel. There will be a day when I will need to know how to use a squatting toilet, but today is not that day.
The view from our apartment window. It's only this good because we're in a 7th story apartment with no elevator. Love my life.
Each major road here has this hectic bike lane that is basically for pedestrians, bikers, motorcycles, and anyone with a death wish.
The pictures bring back memories of driving around parts of Guangdong, traveling between factories for work.
ReplyDeleteDon't let the equating toilets intimidate you (despite my stories), at least there is a toilet, I didn't tell you about having just a hole in a plywood floor (or the ground) in the Philippines, all in all, porcelain is porcelain.