Day: 252
In my rush to get out of Xi’an, attempting to find something new to photograph, it never dawned on me that I’d be put in a place that could end up being excessively dull. Xining is exactly that, everything it has to offer is as a stop over to the wilds in the lands beyond. With a couple of days remaining before my 13 day, 4×4 trip begins, I will be lounging around the exceptionally comfortable hostel I found this morning. Reading books, playing on the internet and watching movies. Tomorrow I get to meet the girls who I will be traveling with on the section of my adventure (as Madalyn would call it).
Other exciting events of the day included:
-Finding out I made the right choice in not trying to enter Tibet proper; this occured by way of a distraught Dutch couple who have been here for a week trying to sort out the last parts of their paperwork to visit Tibet. They have been working on getting the permits for three weeks and now when they finally did yesterday, Their names were spelled wrong and passport numbers were missing digets. Sorry guys.
-The entire days meals added up to a stunning $1.40. $0.52 cents for lunch, $0.25 for an ice cream and $0.63 for a dinner, consisting of a huge plate of meat and vegatable dumplings and a flavorless rice and red bean gruel, which had the texture of tapioca and when enough of the suger that was served with it was added, became a tasty meal.
Otherwise my day passed uneventfully, tomorrow will most likely be the same, then… well, who really knows?
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Great adventure Rob. I sure do miss you as you deliver us these fine photos. Keep up the good work.
Love Dad.