“Lets make plans to live tomorrow. But, alas, the wise lived yesterday" -some Greek dude from long ago I don’t quite know why I decided to go backpacking alone, this time no friend or family. I guess I wanted to indulge my sense of adventure a little. For most people, myself included, life revolves around routines. The routine of waking up, getting dressed, going to work, and doing it again the next day. On the other hand, on a backpacking trip, virtually every moment is a new experience, outside of routine. It truly is an adventure. Heck, I don’t know why I didn’t do this before. Unable to sleep on the airplane or the night after I arrived in Beijing, I ended up wandering around the youth hostel at 6 o'clock in the morning. I think
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