Finally Home
After 10 days of traveling around China’s East coast, I’m finally back in Xi’an. And I’m exhausted, physically and mentally. I saw so many cool things, got to hang out with some good people, and did a TON of walking. Even now my legs fell really weird from all the walking and hiking I did over the past week.
A quick recap of my trip: I spent 5 days in Shanghai and almost entirely burned through the meager savings I had from working this past semester. Shanghai is an awesome city but with my current job it’s just too darn expensive! Then I went down to Hangzhou for a day and half. I did a ton of walking there and it wore me out completely. But I can always use the exercise, right? The West Lake is pretty nice and is impressive for being man-made. But I grew up on the water, so I didn’t find it incredible or anything like that. Lingyin Temple was definitely the highlight for me in Hangzhou. After that I went down to Tunxi for a day and half. For the full day that I spent there, I hiked Huangshan for 7 damn hours. I was so completely exhausted by the end of it and I soaked my shirt in sweat a good 4 times, but the experience was incredible. I’m still on a bit of a high from it. And it’s mostly why my legs are still sore. But it was totally worth it.
In a few days I’ll be heading back to the good ole’ US of A for about 5 weeks to visit friends and family. So unfortunately I don’t have the time or energy to do a proper post on my trip. But rest assured, they will be coming. I plan on doing at least one post per city I visited. Possibly more as there are just too many great things to write about (especially in Shanghai). I know I’ve been seriously slacking with the Funny Sign Friday as well. I’m very disappointed in myself for not keeping up with it. I enjoyed writing those posts and it seems like a lot of you enjoyed reading them. I’ll try my best to restart the regular schedule come next week.
So until I have the time to write a good, proper entry that you will (hopefully) all enjoy, here’s a little teaser photo of one of the coolest mountains I’ve ever seen and, of course, yours truly.
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Sounds like you had some solid traveling fun. Good for you. Maybe I will see you in one Three Village’s watering holes. i.e. the corner.
Damn Straight. And hey, it only took me 6 months to leave a comment on your blog list. Seeya this weekend!
That shirt.
Welcome back. I’ve checked in with you a few times and was starting to wonder if you were ever going to return. So, I can expect some nifty travel updates after you’ve had some time to relax. Funny how after trips like these, you need a vacation from the vacation, eh? Anyways, I’m glad to hear that you had a good time.
Thanks Carrie! I was actually wondering myself if I was ever going to return. I spent a lot of time thinking about it and finally concluded that it is definitely worth it to get back into the groove of writing. Now that I’ve got my head back in it, I can’t remember why I left in the first place!
Yes, I definitely did need a vacation from my vacation. But now play time is over, it’s time to work. And travel. It’s time to travel as well. I mean, if I don’t travel, what am I going to write about?