Zhengzhou Yo!… NO!!
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006Last night I went to the station in plenty of time… about 3 hours to spare in actual fact. Nodded a bit in one of the massive waiting rooms of Beijing Station. About 2o minutes before the train left I thought I’d go and find the platform. I couldn’t see it on the board so asked at information. I am so stupid… wrong station! I should have been at Beijing West station. How can I be making so many stupid mistakes. I have to be so careful from now on…. I ran out the station hoping to get a taxi there on the double. I jumped into one and then the driver didn’t want to use the metre! H ewanted to charge some stupid price and of course no guarantee we would get there. I got out and went from taxi to taxi but no-one else understood really what I was going on about. It got to 10 mins before the train so I gave back and with my taol between my legs headed back to the hostel with a hope that they still had space for the night. Luckily they did and I rebooked another train for today. I alss called the mobile of the master Shifu of the school because I couldn’t get through any other way. He seemed very nice and somebody will pick me up from the station at 10 pm tonight. At last I’m finally on my way and so my next contact should be at the school. Fingers crossed!
Quite nervous now and a little scared. About a year of preparation coming into fruition now…. Here we go… BANZAI (sorry, don’t know the Chinese eqivalent)
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