The first thing I had to do was figure out which line I needed to stand in. This turned out to be fairly easy, as it rapidly became Almost-Uncomfortably Clear that I was most definitely in the category of "foreigner". I didn't realize at the time just how true this was, and how much I really am delineated from the rest of society. Not to worry, though: the next sign I ran into that I could actually understand was very helpful.
(I think they should append ", you're going to be here for awhile".)
After ages of waiting here and there, though, I finally managed to get on my flight to Zhengzhou. At the gate, however, the kind gentleman informed me that "you need to exchange seat". I acquiesced to the change, wondering if I would get to sit by a local this time. Instead, I found they had moved me to the very back corner of the airplane, with no less than twelve empty rows between myself and the next person. I think they must've thought I had swine flu. Who knows. I did, however, get to catch some snapshots as we flew over the mountains and the sun finally rose. I quickly learned two things: 1) taking pictures out of an airplane window sucks. 2) once you're up that high in the air, pictures of mountains really just look like the satellite view on google maps. Ah, well, they were mountains anyhow.
Once I arrived in Zhengzhou, and said goodbye to the last foreigners I would see for awhile, I was faced yet again with a choice:
It's like a choose-your-own-adventure, but only one choice is an adventure.
Welcome to China! Which one would you have picked?
11 comments:
and then there's the ever-popular combo (footprints on the sit-toilet seat)...
Nice! And that was a way cool mountain pic, J! A fun and and interesting read.... Thank you for doing this! :)
~ whd.....
Jackson, you are so cool! I love your blog. I love you! Mom
This is so cool- please post more, I can't wait to read it! Have fun
the old bro
Simply Amazing! I hope you made the adventurous choice? Have fun!
Gergely (so very jealous)
:) wow so many mountains! i cant wait to see your pictures of the town and school and everything. post more soon! ( i will send you my daria album cover art:) -jessie
Jackie, Im loving the blog! This sounds like an incredible journey. Keep it up. I think that "option B" would have been more intimidating had the heels of the "foot"prints been the parts closer to the dark hole of doom.
Love you friend,
Zach
Yeah, I'm actually not sure why it's that way in the picture; in reality, they totally are!
did jess just use me as an adjective?
can you listen to music for free online over thurr, or do i have to send you mp3s through email?
Daria
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jackson! i hope it's going great/ it's been so long! all the support imaginable!
-avery
RE: The toilets. The only ones we had as a kid were the ones on the RIGHT. My sisters and I called them Squatty-pottys. I didn't quite know what to do when I saw the one on the LEFT....
All depends on how you were brought up... =)
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