China, end of week 1

[heliocide]

It's been an intense week.  Over the jetlag and have my brain (or something like it) back in my skull, but still not a lot of time / space for narrative.  Hope to post a much more complete narrative when I get my photo's sorted and posted. For now, more moments from here and there.

Oh, and Facebook is outlawed in China, though whittles may be able

Comments

[boymaenad]

I like the idea of a room smelling hilarious.

the list of possibilities going flying though my head:

1. it smells like Jerry Lewis. not cool.
2. it smells like a humerus. depending on the age, probably still not cool.
3. it smells like Hilary Duff. probably kind of plasticky but pleasant.
4. ???
5. Profit!

[heliocide]

Smells kinda like Groucho Marx. Which, if you consider the fact that he has been dead for several years, will already answer your next question.

[elusis]

Are you saying fried scorpions are appaerntly tasty becasue you tried them, or because someone else did?

I would love to see China with someone like you who knows the language, geography, and culture. sadly the closest I'll probably ever get is some sanitized tour, if that.

[heliocide]

To clarify, yes, I did have the scorpions, and they were tasty. Also the eel on a stick, and some delicious thing with cilantro and pork and green chilis.

It's a pretty amazing country, and I do hope you get to see it some time. It's an interesting challenge to travel without the language, but I know folks who have managed it quite well. You just really need to internalize the attitude of adventure, where everything that goes wrong, every time you get bad directions or questionable food or stay in some shit hole, it's all just part of the adventure, just another story to tell when you get home.

[nojon]

Glad you're having fun, miss you terribly.

[heliocide]

Likewise, my friend. How are things in your world?

[whittles]

reposted.
love you bunches.