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Published: November 24th 2006
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Curent mood: Unsure.... its this Hostel man!!
Well....... im back in this Shit hole!! i Begin with this comment because i feel i owe an apoligy! Any place can seem bad when your tired and unwell but ive arrived today and my attitude towards the MIX Hostel is much better! I guess me feeling well again is the Key!!
So we got a room together this time and this time at the Mix is going to be the last few days i spend with Cara, Ashley, Sonya and my little brother from another Mother Harris!! (hes my new adopted sibling) im Gutted about splitting paths with these guys but this whole 'LONE' travelling thing has its ups and downs! (The ups being away on my Birthday, recieving Prezzies from guys that Barely know me and sharing Dinner with different people most days) These keep my thoughts positive (The downs....... Saying Goodbye to people that i value deeply and have shared some great laughs with) The whole deal i guess is simply the innevitable part of what i have chosen to do with my life........ TRAVEL THE WORLD........... and i love it!
I guess im writing in this way
as i feel i need to conclude what i have experienced every few weeks without polluting you guys with thousands of pictures ( that i do realise you love to see) apart from some various pics of the reason i came to Chengdu in the first place. The Pandas!!! There may be a few randoms other than Pandas too!
My Birthday this year was not spent drinking as you guys may have already heard. I spent ten hours on a bus from Songpan to Chengdu and the evening relaxing in the TV room of the Hostel with the great bunch ive spent the last few weeks with.
The night after and day really (14th November) we sat about the Mix Hostel and just really caught up with stories from home and talked of possible plans for the future with regards to meeting up again ( i hope this happens) without really leaving the Front door! i did however spend the morning in a photo burning shop 'right' of the Mix Hostel exchanging pictures from my memory card to CD's. (there will be a big delivery home soon dad as soon as i find somewhere to post my pics
home.... and lots of my clothes hehehe) The photo exchange shop was a great experience! i sat with a guy keen on photography and very good aswell for a good three hours who spoke not a word of english (which was fun because my Mandarin is excellent) to find that we communicated perfectly through writing on pieces of paper and making so many different hand Gestures hahaha! I even learnt the age old 'Counting to ten with one hand' trick which is used to communicate prices of goods to people who find it hard to understand whats going on when haggling! im now watching for the SCAMS!! Im on to you Chinese!!!!! hehe xx
So the 14th was spent chilling out which is a good thing as travelling can be expensive when doing fly by trips to areas for short periods of time!! (especially when taking part in all of the sight seeing things aswell) So a chilled few days is on the cards in one of the many homes we find to stay in for a day or two at a time!!! The night turned out to be messy though!!! Its that Tsingdao guys i keep telling you
its a Magnet!!!! ooooh i love beer!! Im still unsure about the Local Brew though!! RICE VODKA argh.... ask TIM hahahahah!! thanx for the Good Laugh guys for my Birthday celebrations!!! see you next year for some propper Parties!! I have to say this Hostel is Pretty good this time around!! its nice to sit and chat with people without feeling we must be out and about!!
SOOOOOOoooooooo Really Hungover and all blaming Breakfast for feeling sick ( when the real fact is we simply cant handle the grogg) we head to the Pandas which was a great, Cheap morning around a surprisingly quiet tourist attraction! Pandas are funny things man they sit there scratching there arses and eating anything in sight!!! ('Stick a fork in me... im done!!' hahahah) Unfortanetly but understandably the baby pandas cannot be photographed due to the effects of the flashes to ther little eyes!!! also to the temprament apparently! They were however the cutest things ive ever seen!!
So we all Grab food in the Digs on the evening and a couple more beers for me and head to the room for our final 'NIGHT NIGHT dont let the bed Bugs BITE'
stuff and grab some kip before our split the next day!!! its all Fun and Games in these rooms!! you never really know what will occur and Two big Rats eating Ashleys apple and nawring something in the room that night was not on the Cards hahahahaha ( this F*****g Mix Hostel is always Full of surprises! At least i had my mozzie net up hahahaha ) (i told you i could smell apple i really thought the Larium pills effects of hilucinations had set in until we spotted the poo on the floor and half eaten apples hahahaha)
I really must end this with a massive thankyou to the Girls for the constant laughs and gossip we shared hahahah (Making Banana Pancakes hahahah poor Tim) and all of the Pampering you gave me when i had man flu!! you both are great and i love you both long time dearly!! send me pics soon you two!! i have had the best possible beginning to my travels because of you guys!!! really will miss you!
Sonya and Harris......... you are to cool to be in school!!! keep up the great work your doing with Harris he is a
real credit to you!!! love ya buddy!! keep intouch and enjoy India yoou lucky pair!! ( i tell you all these two are amazing, they travel everywhere and have so many stories!)
On Thursday the 16th of November Tim and I head to Kunming leaving the Girls to there travels and Sonya and Harris to the DVD room for now! We have a flight booked which is going to be great!!
To everybody who actually read this at home and else where i excuse spelling mistakes and hope you are all enjoying the stories!!!
love to all my brothers and sisters and my good buddies to!!!
More from a Brummy soon
niki xxxx
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Love love the Panda phots...thanks so much for them. Forget the rice vodka, warm your cockles with rice wine......ha ha its lethal! xxx