Irony abounds in my travel world.
Today’s writing will consist of two parts. Part 1 is my day up until lunch. Part 2, deserving of its own narrative, is Lunch.
My mission on this trip was to checkout a new factory. I awoke at my normal Chinese time of 2:30 am, after four and a half hours of blissful sleep. My daily ritual began by boiling water for coffee. In the Chinese water pot, a full pot of water takes about 40 seconds to boil, roughly twice the amount of time it takes to melt your travel iron. Continue reading
I want to caution all about a little known but persistently present danger in China, India, Bangladesh and a few other places I’ve been.
Until today, I thought this danger was limited to the bathroom, but now I find that it can strike anywhere in a foreign hotel room. The condition I’m describing will hereinafter be referred to as….
The Wet Toe…
I flew from Changsha to Shanghai today, landing at the domestic Hongqiao (Hongchow) airport.
Of all the places I’ve been, I’d have to say that I’ve had the most trouble with Shanghai cabbies. I thought “Well I am staying at the Hilton Hongqiao, so they probably know where it is, right?” Continue reading
Untamed Traveler 