Asia Trip: Day 168 - Chengdu 成都 => Xi’an 西安 （6/30/19）

Daily Highlights:

• Woke up at 6:15am and took the bullet train to Xi’an

• ARRIVED IN XI’AN

• Got the hostel and met some awesome people

  • Sarah - German girl, Jim - Chinese/ Malay guy, and Sem - Dutch guy

• I TRIED A SAUNA FOR THE FIRST TIME

  • It was v cool and felt great

• We played codenames - which is a card games where you try to link words

  • It was awesome and our team won hehe

Asia Trip: Day 169 - Xi’an 西安 (7/1/19)

Daily Highlights:

• Woke up early to hop on the brekkie buffet

• Walked around the Muslim market for a few hours

  • Took pictures, talked with people, and perused the goods

• Talked with one of the workers from the hostel 在中文 and she was v surprised and happy

• TOOK A FOUR HOUR NAP

• Woke up watched YouTube videos and waited to meet up with Frank

• FINALLY MET UP WITH FRANK - who I stayed with in high school in China for two months

  • It was wild! I haven’t seen him or really talked with him in a decade. He’s changed but he’s still the same.

  • I was very sad to learn his mom died of stomach cancer five years ago, his Grandma lives with him now, and he’s trying to get a programming job in the US

• We walked around for a bit and then went to go get food

  • We went to a seafood place, ordered a meal for 8-10 people just for us full of shrimp and veggies and other goodies to put in the hotpot

  • We also got beer and baijiu

• We went to the park and chilled for a bit

• We saw the new Spider man movie in 3D

• Parted ways at 11:45pm

Asia Trip: Day 170 - Xi’an 西安 (7/2/19)

Daily Highlights:

• Woke up early and got western brekkie

• Got roped into going to Mount Huashan

  • SPENT SO MUCH MONEY

  • Rode the cable car and was way better then in Zhangjiajie

  • Had a good day with everyone from the trip

  • Came back and promptly passed out

Asia Trip: Day 171 - Xi’an 西安 (7/3/19)

Daily Highlights:

• Woke up and had a western brekkie

• The house keepers put my shoes outside because the smelled so bad lol

• Jumped rope and met Frank at an internet cafe

  • THIS PLACE IS WILD

  • It has about seventy five people in this place during a weekday, all gaming in big plush arm chairs with huge screens and a food and hot towel service

• We walked, chatted and saw Spirited Away in theaters

  • The movie was in Japanese and had Chinese subtitles haha

• We got Korean BBQ - BOMB

• We said goodbye to each other and to keep in touch

  • It meant a lot to connect with him