Asia Trip: Day 146 - Yangshuo 阳朔 (6/8/19)
Daily Highlights:
Woke up early at 7:00am, felt tired then went back to bed at 9:30am
I went to the local market at 8:00am
Woke up again at 12:30pm
Rented a little scooter and took it all along the Li River
It was so hot and I didn’t drink any water
I was the hype man for this woman’s bamboo chicken stand
Felt terrible - so I came back and napped
Got KFC, ran into a Spanish guy and napped
I woke up and McDonald’s for dinner
Talked with my Dad on the phone
Got some drinks with people from the hostel
Asia Trip: Day 147 - Yangshuo 阳朔 (6/9/19)
Daily Highlights:
Woke up and it’s pouring, I waffled for a bit and then got a petrol bike for the day
Rode for three hours IN THE PISSING RAIN
Got so stoked
Rode back to the hostel to hang out
Talked to Dad
Talked to Mom
Impulsively decided to venture to Laozhai hill 老寨山 for sunset
Rode a half an hour in the rain, finally got there, got lost for a bit and then found the trail
Sprinted up the mountain in fifteen minutes, it normally takes forty minutes to get to the top
SUNSET WAS AMAZING - SO MANY GOOD PICS
I rolled my ankle at the top :/
I went down the mountain in the rain, in the dark, by myself with a bum ankle
FELT SO ALIVE
I rode a half an hour back in the dark
I got home, felt so accomplished, so wet and badass
Took a hot shower and felt v nice
Got some food, chatted with some people and passed out
WHAT A DAY, WHAT A HIKE, FELT SO ALIVE
The view from the bottom of the mountain along the Li River.
Looks like something out of an Old Kung Fu movie, it was so cool.
The view from the top of Laozhai Hill 老寨山, right before i rolled my ankle.
Asia Trip: Day 148 - Yangshuo 阳朔(6/10/19)
Daily Highlights:
Slept in until 10:15 am
Ankle felt a bit stiff
I iced my ankle, read Gai Jin, and practiced Chinese
Took a nap
Went out and got some noodles with friends
BOUGHT TICKETS TO ZHANGJIAJIE, SO STOKED
I watched One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
It was very strange, not what I thought
Asia Trip: Day 149 - Yangshuo 阳朔 => Zhangjiajie 张家界 (6/11/19)
Daily Highlights:
Slept in until 9:30am
Wandered around the streets and the markets
我的早饭是很多香蕉
I read a bit at the hostel, got Kung Pao Chicken and then left to Guilin
Took a bus to Guilin station (1 hour bus ride) then took the public transportation to 桂林站
I waited for three hours
A friendly woman helped me with my Chinese
I LEARNED HOW TO YELL AT PEOPLE TO STOP CUTTING THE LINE
排队 & 去后面排队
I took a one hour train ride to Liuzhou
Walked around for an hour and got some dinner
Went back to the train station and waited for half an hour
I saw some guy staring at me on the long escalator ride, so I said in Chinese “Hey look at the foreigner! HEY, HEY, LOOK” and his wife lost it, laughed and told all of her friends
The husband hung his head in shame
I made it to my train car and I’m in the top bunk
I’m the only foreigner in this entire eighteen carriage train
China Meandering Musings:
Everyone shamelessly picks their nose
Alot of people blast the volume on their phones
You can FEEL the middle class growing
Everyone is WAY more western than what they used to be even five years ago
Everyone loves the NBA, Golden State and Kobe (but not Lebron haha)
SO MANY CHINESE TOURISTS
Alot of people love to be unrealistically helpful
“Add me on WeChat and I’ll help you with directions all over China and where to find things！”
SO NICE AND CURIOUS