Comments | lishd: china part 3: tattoos, cashews, & tea brews

lishd

china part 3: tattoos, cashews, & tea brews

Nov 20, 2012 12:16

the italics are from the itinerary, & my notes follow each section. photos are inline per day.

China Golden Route 10 DAYS
part 1: beijing | part 2: xi'an | part 3: shanghai | extras

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sigilgoat November 20 2012, 20:46:24 UTC

thank you again for sharing this, you have an AMAZING TRAVEL LOG
whenever i go on trips they end up being a sentance or two
WENT TO CONVENTION
DIDNT DIE
ATE FOOD
very interesting right???

Your tattoo is a very sweet and awesome idea, i hope to hear more about your adventures in the future!

lishd November 20 2012, 21:26:26 UTC

haha there's a place for that too, but i love being able to reread my detailed travellogues years later & remember all the little bits.

you certainly will!

samantha_sick November 20 2012, 21:21:41 UTC

Omg lish this whole trip was amazing to read about.
I can't believe how fast that train was!

lishd November 20 2012, 21:25:30 UTC

thanks! i'm glad people dug reading about it - makes all the work in documenting it even more worthwhile.

dude yes! & it totally didn't feel like it, either.

desdemmonna November 20 2012, 23:34:33 UTC

I love Joe's expressions through all this XD

lishd November 20 2012, 23:36:25 UTC

he's made of rubber.

quarex November 21 2012, 02:56:03 UTC

That is quite the Cyberpunk tattoo sign. Also when will your hair finally be longer than you ( ... )

lishd November 21 2012, 03:08:11 UTC

hair: yesterday it achieved 2xLish

express expense: haha I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

murdered sign woman: yes, that is not a scam. but... did you pay her?

tattoo: ty, i love it & can't wait to add canada next month. :) speaking of, it seems canada may have your tandoori doritos? hurry up home & come with me.

drugs: yeah apparently so! but uh china isn't a state dude it's a whole country

HUGE ROCKERY: HUGE ROCKERY! you wouldn't believe how tough it was to get him to pose, too! bitch did not understand what was going on.

yes, they are awesome. also these lychee mints are mmmmmmmmm

oh hell yeah, way better than trying familiar things in unfamiliar... places. STARBUCKS, PEOPLE? REALLY?

also this is for you: http://s3-ak.buzzfeed.com/static/enhanced/terminal01/2011/3/23/16/enhanced-buzz-24352-1300913726-2.jpg

testing4l November 21 2012, 03:21:50 UTC

we hit a little shopping area next, & joe buys an ice-blended "ultimate mocha" at the coffee bean & tea leaf. apparently this is a worldwide chain i've never heard of, & the drink's really tasty.

Dude. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is, like, one of the most notable surviving things of high school for me. I spent many a day wandering around 3rd in Santa Monica with friends, sipping on ice blendeds.

If I can, whenever I leave LA, I get an ice blended on the way out of town.

The only reason I haven't nuked San Francisco yet is because there are two Coffee Beans there. Whenever I can, I take the subway over and score one there and on the way back.

we make the 30km trip in under 7 minutes, flip back through security, & ride back at 430km/h (267mph)! i'm sure we look like giant stupid tourists, making an airport commute for the lulz (& making a video of it, to boot), but it's actually pretty awesome.I don't know who it is at the end of the video who says something about a train and San Francisco or what exactly he says, but I ascribe a ( ... )

lishd November 21 2012, 04:38:54 UTC

maybe he said "i wish san francisco had a train like this"? :) it was pretty epic to ride, for srs.

DUDE I KNOW. the whole fucking area was blanketed in it. i don't know if it's primarily to deter muggings or what, but it was absolutely wondrous to behold.

haha truth, they will definitely give chase! just ask HOW MUCH, then say NO THANKS, & boom, half price. the magic equation hath been determined.