Long awaited update

It's been a while - I see that someone commented on the last post but I can't open it to view it!!! For all I know you are probably swearing at me - no worries I'll soon be in Canada and will have full access.

Over the week in Wuhan I got to know the 18 interns pretty well - it is incredible - the aiesec chapter only is 9 months old and they have 18 interns with two more in interviews!! I was there training members on how to do aiesec and absolutely enjoyed my time there.

Wuhan enjoyable moments:
- hanging with the interns and eating with four of them at a hole in the wall place - literally. quite the culture shock for them - and when i announced that I've eaten at worse, including one where - I ate at it and the following week it disappeared - after hearing that they were more shocked
- touring around wuhan without the locals as a tourguide - lots of questions asked on directions but the feeling of triumph once reaching your destination is awesome!
- feeling like I was in Cuba - let's face it - this China trip has become known as the Remnants of Cuba trip.

From Wuhan I rushed off to Qingdao - a beach city that once was owned by a Kaiser - if I thought I was in Cuba before - hello! This would remind me even more of it. Highlights included:
-trying to sleep on the train ride down on hard seats - at one point Steph (US) was sleeping on two of us
-getting a tan and seeing everyone ELSE but me get sun burnt
-the seafood hotpot and rediscovering my love for clams and mussels
-a climb through a damp, dark, cool mountain
-parachute surfing or whatever you call it

A random from the trip:
-discovering at the train station that we got tickets for the wrong day and the train was sold out - people have to work the following day and so we need to leave tonight - after about an hour of research/negotiations, we are able to find a bus home to Beijing - arrival time? 8am - people were late for work but hey the made it. This is a nightmare from the book for travelers - but it was fun to deal with.

Until next time (probably Montreal), zaijian!