http://blogs.bootsnall.com/daarc breaking out into the world Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:40:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The train ride into chengdu was long, 18 hours, though not nearly as misserable as the ride from zhengzou to xian. I had the forsight this time to get myself on a hard sleeper. Originaly i was supposed to have the bottom bunk ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/daarc/into-the-mix-at-chengdu.html Wednesday started out cool and damp. i got up and got ready to go on the tour that the LuDao hostel i was staying in arranged every day. i was to head out on the eastern tour to see the terracotta warriors and stuff. our tour left ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/daarc/rain-and-the-terracotta-flop.html The hard seat train ride from zhengzou to xian was hell. 8 hours of sitting cramped on a seat with so many chinese packed in that even the hallways are packed with people. to make it worse the only thing i had eaten monday was mcdonalds at 8 ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/daarc/a-step-into-xian.html i'm out of the school!! well i got into zhengzou yesterday a bit before noon. sifu had given me a sword as a going away present which was nice but what the fuck was i supposed to do with a fucking sword? i'm traveling! i had the sword ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/daarc/finaly-free.html