Monday, August 08, 2005

Well... I'm 80% sure.

What am I 80% sure of? I'm 80% sure that I'm going to Pakistan. I decided today (flipped a coin) that I would skip Mongolia, extend my Visa for another month and begin heading through the Xiangjiang Province. Then, sometime in the next month, I will cross into Pakistan. From Pakistan I will head to India, and from India I will either head to Africa or South East Asia.

This means that there is a high probability I will not travel completely around the world. My trip is all about no plans, so having a plan to travel around the world is somewhat problematic and must be dealt with accordingly. It looks like my trip maybe more a focus on traveling through developing nations before they completely westernize than what I had previously planned.

Tommarow I look for balloons for making balloon hats, then, on the 10th, its off to the portion of the great wall colorfully refered to as the wild wall.

I realized today that I can speak enough Chinese to get pretty much everything I need here. It was a little bit of a shock. I've noticed since I've gotten to Bejing, that I can carry on very simple conversations with people to the point where they beleive I can speak Chinese. This is both good and bad. It's good because it's flattering, but its bad because when people starting speaking Chinese freely they immediatly loose me.

Everything is an adventure.

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