I'm eating dim sum in the Canton Hotel. It's so hard to get clean water here, let alone ice water, apparently nobody drinks it. Napkins cost 2 yuan when we can just grab a huge stack at McDonalds for free, yeah it's different.
We just spent 275 yuan on breakfast. It sounds like a ton but it's actually about 41 dollars. Yeah I guess that still is a lot isn't it? My dad didn't eat, it was just me, my mom, my grandma, and my brother and sister.
Wow saw a lot of China fail around here I'll create a photo album with all them soon. (Note this was all deleted after my sister accidently deleted all her pictures, which happens later on in the trip)
We have been waiting a long time for my aunt to pick us up to go to the Zoo. She finally arrives and takes us to our hotel room inside the zoo. Dangggg we get VIP suites because apparently my aunt knows a guy lol.
Wow I just thought I saw someone that I knew back in the States. Maybe all Asian people do look alike? Nahhh.
Heading to the circus, supposed to be real famous and have cool animal tricks and stuff. Wow they have bears and everything pretty BA. Nothing wrong with tight circus spandex right?
Back at suite with grandma who I'm sharing a room with. Goodnight.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Day 1: Monday July 26
Thought it'd be nice to remember my 1st trip back to China in 12 years, so I'm gonna keep track of everything (well almost everything) I do and write it on here. Maybe I'll turn it into a blog who knows but for now... Note It's really unorganized from this day until August 2nd when I realize that I should time my posts. Keep reading until then it gets much better. I hope. At least in my opinion. I mean you don't have to. But you should. I'm just saying.
Early morning at Austin airport rushing to catch flight, being late definitely runs in the family. 3 hours later (and after watching Diary of A Whimpy Kid which you should never watch because it's so bad) we touch down in LA, grab some McDonalds with Bryant, and prepare for 12 hour flight across the ocean to South Korea. I'm a little bit nervous; I haven't been on a plane for that long before.
About to touch down in Seoul, the capital of Korea. Well South Korea of course we sure as hell aren't landing in North Korea. I watched a bunch of movies on board and kept me entertained: Greenzone, the Bounty Hunter, Date Night, From Paris With Love, and half of Percy Jackson. I got about 4 hours of sleep when the flight attendant woke me up for breakfast. These airlines are super nice and awesome. They have pretty much on demand movies and real meals not pretzals or peanuts or that crap. I'm not even sure what day it is though, the jet lag is already getting to me.
Wow I just met my aunt that I haven't seen in 12 years and my 6 year old cousin whose nickname is Xiao Xiao and that's what I'll call him throughout this. Didn't get to meet my uncle though, he's still at work.
My dad took me to visit my grandma's grave. He went back to China in 2007 to bury her. Really good view from on top the mountain, but I was kinda, well actually really nervous, about the whole spiritual praying thing because I've never done that before. My soccer celebration is officially kissing 3 fingers on my right hand, the ones I touched her grave with.
We're booked in Canton Hotel. It's really not the best place but it is a 4 star hotel even though the standards are different in China. People who work here are slightly bitchy.
Pissed and dead tired. I'm done for today.
Early morning at Austin airport rushing to catch flight, being late definitely runs in the family. 3 hours later (and after watching Diary of A Whimpy Kid which you should never watch because it's so bad) we touch down in LA, grab some McDonalds with Bryant, and prepare for 12 hour flight across the ocean to South Korea. I'm a little bit nervous; I haven't been on a plane for that long before.
About to touch down in Seoul, the capital of Korea. Well South Korea of course we sure as hell aren't landing in North Korea. I watched a bunch of movies on board and kept me entertained: Greenzone, the Bounty Hunter, Date Night, From Paris With Love, and half of Percy Jackson. I got about 4 hours of sleep when the flight attendant woke me up for breakfast. These airlines are super nice and awesome. They have pretty much on demand movies and real meals not pretzals or peanuts or that crap. I'm not even sure what day it is though, the jet lag is already getting to me.
Wow I just met my aunt that I haven't seen in 12 years and my 6 year old cousin whose nickname is Xiao Xiao and that's what I'll call him throughout this. Didn't get to meet my uncle though, he's still at work.
My dad took me to visit my grandma's grave. He went back to China in 2007 to bury her. Really good view from on top the mountain, but I was kinda, well actually really nervous, about the whole spiritual praying thing because I've never done that before. My soccer celebration is officially kissing 3 fingers on my right hand, the ones I touched her grave with.
We're booked in Canton Hotel. It's really not the best place but it is a 4 star hotel even though the standards are different in China. People who work here are slightly bitchy.
Pissed and dead tired. I'm done for today.
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