Where was I last time? Right... I was flew to Xi'an as the weather in Chengdu was too bad for landing... That's some 2 hours flight... but worse still, the plane wont depart for Chengdu again until some 5 hours later.... I was literally locked in a tiny cabin with the dissent passengers... The situation reminds me of the refugee camp in Rwanda... Babies crying, men fighting for food, people pissed... fortunately me and my mates are sitting together... and we exercised our utmost patience and indifferentness, by playing (for me, learning) games after games of card Sango'sha... I have not only learned, but mastered the skill in that prolonged wait... so unexpected...
By the time we finally flew back to the airport in Chengdu, the dawn is breaking. The traffic outside the airport was so chaotic, as the flight delay had disrupted the plan for many. It's so so so tiring to get a cab home...
Forth Day, Unexpected was that I re-lived the life in hall, again... sleeping in early morning, only to wake in the late afternoon for tea (a cup noodle in this case), people cramping in the living room for games and chat, totally forgotten about time... it's like we've moved the 14/F pantry to Chengdu... such happy times.
Dinner with our host (parents of Tat's girlfriend). We thanked them for their hospitality. We had the famous Siuchuan hot pot... it wasnt as spicy as I have expected... but what I didnt know was, it's so oily... Apart from the surface of hotpot soup was floating with a layer of red oil, I was given a bowl of sesame oil to dip my food in it.... I was told it's the cure to the spicy feeling on the tongue that I happily obliged (not knowing it'd cause me much pain later on).
Later that night me and the (I wont say the word horny here) "passionated" bunch of guys decided to check out the night life in Chengdu, afterall... it's always good to know the culture of other city, right? We ended up at a club in "nine-eye bridge"... The girls in Siuchuan are quite pretty, though some have to work on their fashion sense and make up, but I dont know if it's their food or climate, they tend to have good figures and smooth skin, and their facial features are better than the common "Kong-girl"... I must stop here before offending people... but that night was quite fun, I must say.
Fifth day, a day of unlimited torture and waiting...
Our stomach was really not suited to the oily food of hotpot, me and some mates have developed diarrhea because of that. We nonetheless continued with our trip to the big budda of Lok'shan.
It's such a long journey... a 90 minutes ride to a public bus station only to find all tickets were sold already.... have to resort to hiring a cab.... after another long (2 hours) ride.... we are finally there.
After a long walk up and down the stairs, suddenly, the sitting budda appeared... it's certainly a wow moment, you got to amaze how the ancient chinese craved the mountain and made such a large sculpture...
After a while spent there, it's another long walk up the stairs.... and I ended up on a bus trip again. On it, I've another taste of Chengdu's life... travelling in peak hours... My bus got lodged in the middle of traffic jam... I ended up sitting on my seat (with a constant yelling kid behind me) for 4 plus hours... that day I've sat for a total of more than 9 hours on the seat.... certainly, that's a record...
By the time I finally alight the bus... I'm close to exhaustion as I was so starved and stiff.... Had a local hotpot (clear soup this time) and I was home packing my stuff...
Board the plane to Guang zhou.... got on a train back to Zhen zheng and had lunch there. Gead for a massage (i really needed it).... then by late night, we wet for some good and cheap korean food... then it's finally the end of this crazy journey.
Though a lot have happened in the trip, I still feel thankfully I'm home in one piece... you know, my track record for travelling was that good :P
Just good to be home.
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