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I'm now writing this in my house in Hefei. There are few kind of site blocking, my site is just DNS filtering and redirection. I changed the DNS to OpenDNS so I can access my site freely :)
This trip is actually a bit scary.
After leaving the Shanghai Pudong International Airport after 14 intense hours of flight. I need to catch a coach bus to Hefei.
My mom(now, I will call her my aunt so there will be no confusion of her and my biological mom in China) give me 3 baggage(All over 20kg), and I wear a backpack + a computer laptop bag. Total of 5 things is too much to bring to a train(which get me to Hefei in 3 hours)
We gone to one of the traveling places and found the soonest bus is at 10am(at that time, it was 5:40 am)
That's where the entire scary trip begins. We got out and a random guy convinced my aunt that I will just go to his friend's coach bus. It is ok except that random guy lied about where I would get off because he doesn't know at all.

I dare not to sleep on the bus. Someone yells "We are at [location name]" and if I'm asleep, I would be miss Hefei. With only 30 Yuan in my hands, I didn't have lunch, the money should be used for emergency.

After 6 hours of intensive trip. I was dropped off at west of Hefei around 20 km from the city with 30 Yuan in hand, 5 baggage, hungry, thirsty and tired. How am I going to go home when I have no cell phone and this is literally middle of no where. At the same time, my parents are running around in different possible locations I could be. No one expected I would arrive here.

Been a smart person I am, I used up all 30 Yuan to get a cab to drop me off at the edge of the city.

In the city, I have gone around and ask people if I can borrow their cell phone to make a call. No one did. Later I know this is because there are too many swindler ask people for their cell phone and then do w/e trickery they have to PROFIT.
For sometime I thought there is no trust in China. Sad...
Luckly, some girl(seems like high school girl) gave me an IC card(Smart card) with 0.5 Yuan deposit. I get a chance to make a call to my mom. She waits in front of the apartment with money, so I can take a taxi to go home.
I really should ask which school she is in, so I could write an letter to the school to thank what she have done also tell her how significant she have helped. But she was waiting for a bus so she was gone soon after giving me the IC card and I'm to stupid to think of asking.
I have to move around 100m to get to the nearest place that is allowed for taxi to pick up passengers.
I look stupid. moving those heavy baggage one by one...
I eventually got home.
Slept.
Woke up just now. Refreshed, blogged, slightly food poisoned and preparing for a intense day.

wow

tim's picture

that does sound like an intense day..... and with only 30 yuan? yikes!
can't imagine how emotionally tiring that must be...
glad to hear you arrived safe.
btw, when was teh last time you were back in china?

Thx :) Last time was more

Mgccl's picture

Thx :)
Last time was more than 1 year ago.

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