Beijing Homecoming

The fluorescent light above my bunk came on without warning and obnoxiously broke me out of a nice dream. I could feel the momentum of the train slowing, which meant that it was time to go to “work”. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and by the looks of the people packing up [...]

A Kunming welcome

A blind man plays music in the street I managed to navigate the buses in Kunming quite easily, which was a welcomed relief after the train ride from hell. In fact, if the buses had been complicated, my sleep and food deprived body probably would have just given up on the spot and collapsed under [...]

Back to work (if you call it that)

Im sitting in the Beijing West train station with mixed feelings. The vagabonding part of me is on fire, my backpack is sitting beside of me, well organized and ready for action, and a ticket to the south is burning a hole in my pocket. The hair is standing on the back of my neck [...]

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