Month: January 2018

I made a post talking a bit about London but I don’t think it published properly. Anyway, you can read that before this if you want. I’ll dive into the last post of my trip. Travel awards: Best foods: The dinners Song cooked in Gubeikou. I only have one picture and no close-up shots but… Continue reading 结束

I’m in the UK now. I’m tired as well. I don’t think I’m quite cut out for more than two months of travel. That or I reached a peak with China that is hard to get over. Anyway, I have been reminded why I like London. It’s beautiful. I love the architecture and the history.… Continue reading Tired of traveling

I didn’t write much about my last few days in China. I wrote that summary post but not much of the details. Just a couple of quick highlights. Jim, one of the managers, kept joking to other guests that I was the new staff. It was maybe partially because all the other guests were white… Continue reading Korea

I feel like Doctor Who’s Ten regeneration. (Doctor Who reference coming up so I’ll try to explain it). His regeneration is one of the most emotional moments of the show because David Tennant was one of the best doctors and Tennant himself was a fan of Doctor Who since he was a kid. So it… Continue reading “I don’t want to go”

Getting here has been the more stressful part of my journey. Nothing went wrong, in fact I’m surprised none of my travels have gone terribly wrong so far. It’s just no one speaks English and everyone are locals with a northern dialect that is much harder for me to understand. I could get by in… Continue reading The Great Wall and cats at Gubeikou

I’ve really liked Shanghai. It’s already my last day here and I’m actually a bit sad. There’s so much I wanted to try and so much that I didn’t get to do. I took the metro and then walked to the Bund my first day. It was a foggy and cold day, there were a… Continue reading Shanghai festivities

I arrived in Shanghai and I felt like I was in Hong Kong again. But it felt a little different, a little more Chinese. And I like that. I got to my hostel and my room is a single room. I booked it intentionally because this is just past the middle of my trip and… Continue reading Chinese new year dinner

I guess I didn’t expect this. I knew a little about Jiujiang but not a lot. I guess I expected some kinda deteriorated town with poverty and a backwardness to it. I think this was perpetuated by this idea that “the West is best” and from the stories of Western expats who complain about everything… Continue reading 九江

I had congee for breakfast. Southern China is known for congee and HK is apparently known for dim sum so I knew I needed to try it while I was here. This is pork intestine congee. It was good although the intestines are so chewy so it takes forever to actually chew them. I have… Continue reading Stuffing myself with food and crying on a mountain