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#Didi Adventures!

1 Oct

Gave the poor Didi driver (Uber’s alternative) a heart attack today. Guy and his wife/girlfriend picked me up. Took us forever to coordinate the pick-up spot. I could here him ranting about “xxxxx Didi xxxx waijiao xxxx Didi.” Looked at my phone and realized it was only their 2nd time being Didi drivers. 0_0 And they got the crazy foreigner LOLOLOL Poor dude. My mind was running the conversation through to something like “this is just my luck! Why, we just did it, and we got the foreigner! Why me!?!” I didn’t know how to tell him it’s his luck because it’s my luck. I was only taking Didi because I left my jacket at the store and this was my second trip of the day 😛 -_-

He got so turned around he drove past my street, figured out that construction has blocked off all streets for the next 2 miles, had to turn around and go back. Couldn’t find the road. . . . . Girlfriend is hysterically laughing at him while trying to explain she knew only a “little English. English – – – think too difficult.” Had me laughing too. I think he wanted to kill us both by the time the trip was over. Sweet heart that he was, he did try to carry my waters home for me though.

Gave them good stars 🙂 ❤

Seas of Mercury

10 Nov "Terra Cotta Warriors" by jjorogen

Can you imagine entire lakes, rivers, and seas filled not with water, but rather mercury?  Everyone knows about the glorious monument to Chinese industriousness and might–the famous Great Wall of China.  However, people don’t often know about the wall’s history or the emperor who created it.  Researching this topic, I was astonished to discover that the emperor who created the Great Wall also created a tomb that is almost even more fascinating.

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