Well brothers.. I owe you a big update...
This trip didn't start too well.... My flight to London was without any problems but then it all started.. Sitting in Heathrow and waiting for the flight isn't very funny. When you flight is expected to come up with a gate number and you could go to the gate is so much better... In my case there wasn't any gate number coming up, just Wait.. After another 30 minutes the sign was still telling me to Wait. Then there was a new message telling the gate will open later... As you all know I had only 1 hour between my flights so I was getting really nervous.. A new message came up when the gate number was supposed so show up telling me to wait again. After 2 hours and still no gate number we was called to Cathay's desk and was told that there was some kind of problem with the aircraft. The staff told us that we can get a meal while we was waiting. I already knew that I wasn't coming to Changsha on my scheduled time so I send a text message to Tina about this and also one to WenWen, our translator. I think that those messages did,t come through..
After 6 hours delay we finally left London. Sorry you guys from London but I was very pleased about finally leaving London. The captain told us that there had been some hydraulic problems that they had to repair. Finally I came to Hong Kong...
In the airport they told me that I had been booked on the next flight to Changsha but the problem was that there wasn't any flight the same day so I had to wait until 16.40 next day. I also got a couple of text messages from Tina asking me where I was. I understood that she never got my messages from London. When I was supposed to land in Changsha I was still in the air 4 hours from Hong Kong...I got a hotel room and free meals but all I want to get was a flight to Changsha as soon as possible. I tried to contact Tina that I will come the next day instead. After spending the night and half the next day on the hotel I finally got off to Changsha.
After the health check, made by 4 martians, I finally got off and after clearing the customs and immigration I came into the entrance hall but no Tina and no crew from TV.. Immediately I was offered a Taxi but refused. There was a couple of taxi drivers that asked me but i said that I was to be picked up by someone.. They almost gave me the bad eye..
I tried to call Tina and after a few tries I got her on the phone. She said she was on the way and soon be there. Just a couple of minutes later the crew from TV arrives and started to talk to me because I was the only one still at the terminal.
We went inside again because it was hot even if it was 7 o'clock in the evening. Short after my Lao Poa arrives together with her sister and finally I got to hold her in my arms again. The TV crew had a short interview on the airport before we all went to the cars to go to Changsha. It takes about 30 minutes from the airport to the center of the town. You should have seen the taxi drivers faces when I first was interviewed by TV and then went to a police car to take the ride to Changsha. Tinas sisters husband is a police officer and he got a big police car to pick me up..
Finally we arrived to the apartment Tina has rented for our stay. It is just one block away from the river with the view to the river. Really nice apartment with a western toilet and shower with our own warm water boiler. I was very tired so we got to sleep immediately.
The next day we went to register our marriage and to get the Red book. This took about 45 minutes to be married again..
After the registration we went to a restaurant for a Hot Pot. Martin have his Dumplins but I have my Hot Pot..
The day after we had our 4 hours of fame.. The wedding photos session.. It really took 4 hours shooting both outdoors in the heat and indoors in a studio. I guess I lost about 2 liters during this and all of the night I dreamed about " Smile Peter, smile"..
Later the TV-crew came back for a longer interview, about 1 hour long. They was very pleased when it was done so now they will show up at the wedding. An hour later a friend of Tina came to visit us. She is also looking for a love on the Internet but prefers a man from Sweden, sorry guys.. I guess they are trying to stick together or maybe since I am the "perfect man" they think that every man from Sweden is just like me LOL
The days have been really busy.. Today is our wedding day so we will leave to go to a hotel later today and at 6 the big thing is beginning. It will be about 80 guests which is a small wedding in China. I will try to update you as soon as I can but can't say today when it is going to happen. I can only say that Changsha this time of the year is very hot, between 35 and 40 degrees. Thanks for the invention of the air condition..
Peter
Peter
