Hi guys,
I thought I'd start a thread for my trip to Hubei Province, October 2009. My flight leaves this evening from Heathrow. I fly to Beijing, then get a connecting flight to Wuhan. As you know I had a nightmare organising my travel plans, so I decided to fly to the nearest place to her home town that Expedia knew about. That place is Wuhan. It looks a good place to set up base camp. It also allows me time to rest before I meet her. And I will have a couple of days with my lady before we meet her parents, friends and relatives (her family is massive!).
I've only know my lady for a couple of months, but I always go on vacation in October, so it seemed a good idea to go and meet her. These ladies have to deal with a lot of timewasters, so if you think you have found the one, it's best to go to China as soon as you can. By EMF #4 I knew I had found my special somebody :angel:. We have talked extensively on MSN, so we have been able to accelerate our relationship more than a lot of guys have been able to. I stopped talking to other ladies a long time ago. I still like browsing the photos, but I've not seen anyone else I'm interested in.
Our online personas get on incredibly well and we've had some 50+ chats on MSN. I've made her laugh, made her cry. I now have 74 photos of my lady. Wow, on national day she even dressed up and did a special photo shoot for me! Whether there's a spark in real life, I am not sure if it is possible to tell. I'm hopeful there will be. She is a smart girl and extremely attractive. Thanks to a diet of fruit and dance classes, she is one of the slimmest girls on chnlove, and even by Chinese standards her figure is lovely.
I know that it is dangerous to fall in love with someone you've not yet met. If it doesn't work out, then at least I'll have had the opportunity to go to China. If I had more cash I'd give up my job and become a travel photographer. Wuhan is way off the normal Western tourist tour of China, so I'm sure I will get some fantastic photos. Originally I was looking for a Japanese wife, but I now think that China is the better option. At least on this trip I will be able to confirm that for certain.
I'm taking my new Samsung notebook, so hotel wireless access permitted, I'll keep this site updated!
Incidentally this is my 4th trip to Asia - I did Hong Kong in 2006, Tokyo in 2007, and Tokyo in 2008 again (it's way too big to cover in a single two week trip!). I'm still terrible at using chopsticks but I don't mind squat toilets now and I drink loads of green tea and miso soup :icon_cheesygrin:.
Wish me luck!
88,
Brett :fi_lone_ranger:
P.S. I am not taking my suit - the forecast for Wuhan is hot hot hot!!! :s