Wow long day. To start, I had the first good sleep of the trip so I feel rested. Sadly, Rolf and I slacked off for a good chunk of the day. We went for breakfast sandwiches and a cookie then lounged in the room all day until early afternoon when we decided to go on an adventure. We almost immediately ran into Eda, Hunter and the new guy, Tyler. He’s a pretty good guy so far, funny and easy-going so he fits right in. he’s here studying Sanda and Chinese language from Ohio. After waiting an hour for him and Hunter to figure out the phone for overseas calls we all went to a crazy street with all sorts of stuff to buy and haggle for! It was sweet because I figured out the secret to haggling. Pretend that the merchandize is a piece of crap that you don’t even want and say no at least five times and then start to walk away and they’ll drop the price at least by half, more if you work it. Rolf got a thing priced at five hundred yuan dropped to one hundred yuan so he bought it. Some kung fu clothes. Lots of neat stuff there; I’ll be returning with some money to buy some stuff. Presents! I saw the infamous scorpion shish kebob as well and will be eating it. More on that later. Wow are the people selling things pushy. Taking the subway was bloody long! Transferred three times and probably rode and walked for half an hour to get to where we were going. It was fun though. We ended up racing through the stations on the way back. Eda’s crazy and at one point tried to sneakily beat us to the top of a huge set of stairs and escalators. That started a race that made us all super sweaty by the time we got to the subway. We were all rushing by people who were content to slowly ride up and jumping over railings and sprinting up dozens of steps. Good fun! On the last stop Rolf went back to keep the door open while me an Tyler went to check emails. I took the trusting country boy into some dark alleys. These dark alleys, luckily, contained no thugs so the short-cut worked! And for my parent’s sake I will point out that the alleys were not shifty, merely poorly lit. after more awkward conversation we finally got on some computers. After getting back to the apartments I needed to alert Rolf to our return and open the doors. I shouted up to the windows but of course he didn’t hear me. it was open so I decided to throw my hackie-sack in. I missed and it fell into a bamboo patch. I’ll find it tomorrow I hope. Sadly the door was actually still open at this time and we had no problem getting in. turns out that I’m dumb when tired. Turns out. A few things that I’ve noticed: guys have no problem carrying a girl’s purse without feeling like wussies and even wear them over their shoulders. People in dark back alleys sound even shiftier when you don’t know what they’re saying. Tea is awesome. We drank some tea just now actually. Bed time! I have some kind of physical tomorrow it turns out…
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