To stop and reflect!
It's so easy to just do without actually thinking about what it is you're doing or appreciate it. It happened to me just a couple of minutes ago while I was sitting on this bus here in China. I am going from Huangshan to Nanjing where I'm hoping to get a ticket on the bullet train to Tianjin which is my next destination. I was sitting here, smelling the smoke from the bus drivers cigarette, hearing how all the passengers constantly cleared their throats like they do here and I just felt bored.
After I had to illustrate what the word "toilet" means in front of the whole bus, the driver finally gets what I want and stops by the next gas station. He points towards a building and I discover that the "toilet" is a tiled room with two gutters and nothing more than that. No separating walls, no doors, nothing that gives you any sort of privacy. "Welcome to the real China, Sandra" I said to myself before I, together with 3 Chinese ladies, did what I came there to do.
Even if this wasn't the highlight of my trip, it's still something I'll remember. What it did, was to remind me of the fact that I'm actually on bus traveling around China so now I'm once again enjoying all the weirdness that this country has to offer. I'm smiling and I appreciate where I'm at at the moment!
After I had to illustrate what the word "toilet" means in front of the whole bus, the driver finally gets what I want and stops by the next gas station. He points towards a building and I discover that the "toilet" is a tiled room with two gutters and nothing more than that. No separating walls, no doors, nothing that gives you any sort of privacy. "Welcome to the real China, Sandra" I said to myself before I, together with 3 Chinese ladies, did what I came there to do.
Even if this wasn't the highlight of my trip, it's still something I'll remember. What it did, was to remind me of the fact that I'm actually on bus traveling around China so now I'm once again enjoying all the weirdness that this country has to offer. I'm smiling and I appreciate where I'm at at the moment!
Även om detta kanske inte var resans härligaste upplevelse så är det ändå något som jag kommer att komma ihåg. Det påminde mig även om att jag ju faktiskt är i Kina så nu sitter jag på bussen och njuter av allt det udda som händer runt omkring mig. Jag ler och uppskattar att jag är där jag är just nu!
View from the bus