Alright.
I just got into my hotel in Nanning. Stayed over last night in Hong Kong. The Flight was an hour and a half late, so instead of getting in at 8:30pm it was more like 10pm or so. I supposedly picked a hotel less than a half mile away from the airport, because my flight left at 10:25am the next morning. Well the hotel was a good 30 minutes from the airport. Go figure. Driving up to the airport this morning I look off to my right and see a Marriott hotel maybe 1000 feet from the airport. I just had to laugh to myself. The flight went well to HK. The flight also went well to Nanning, but it always amazes me the smoking flight attendants on the Chinese airlines. Doesn’t matter which one they all mostly have really nice looking women. Hong Kong Airlines did not disappoint haha. I fly Continental and it is the polar opposite haha.
Went through the usual customs to get my bag, and then went to another machine that you had to put all of your luggage through for one last check. Well I get mine off the belt and start to attach my carry-on to the big bag, and I glance toward the doorway leading out to the public area. There is this girl there waving, but she was a good 40 feet away. I’m thinking she’s waving at someone else and continue to attach my bags together. As I walk toward the door it became apparent she was waving at me, as she waved again and had this smile on my face. The first time she waved I’m thinking to myself that is a nice looking girl. Well when I knew that was my girl I could just smile and think well she passes the look test right away haha. That part is over with, but I quickly found out that she can’t really speak any English. She wrote English, so I assumed she could at least speak a little. That wasn’t good, but I had my Besta 7000 and she had her cousin with her who did speak English. They brought their uncle along to drive us. It was raining pretty well. We got into this van, and everything about it was mini. It looked like it was built for small people. I felt pretty big in this thing haha. The valves were knocking something bad, and I could tell he couldn’t go very fast on the expressway because of it. It was kind of humbling for me, as all I could think of was how fortunate I am to have the things that I do. I’m not rich by any means, but my cars back home are in a lot better shape. These people didn’t think a thing of it, and were as happy as if they had everything. I always seem to either learn something new or have a revelation everytime I come to this country, and I haven’t been here 24 hours yet. Wendy (my girl) wanted to go into town before I checked in and get something to eat, as she had a three o’clock meeting at work to get to. So we went to a Cantonese restaurant close to her work and had a great meal with 5 different dishes on the table. Excellent food and a lot of it. We couldn’t finish it and there were four of us. The bill was 250RMB. What a deal. I know I’ll return to that place again. She then left the table to go to work and we kept eating a little more. Then we left to go to my hotel. I envisioned Nanning to be more modern, but it was a foggy rainy day, so maybe I just haven’t seen the real city yet; however I can see why they call it a green city. There are flowers everywhere. I think it probably is going to be a beautiful city with all the color and green exotic plants. The hotel is rated a 5 star, and the price is 85USD per night. It’s nice but I don’t know if I’d give it a 5 star rating, but the price if right and it’s clean, so I’m not complaining.
Wendy will be here at around 7pm. I don’t know what we’re doing tonight yet. I am the first westerner she’s met. That would explain the shyness. Pretty girl and very nice. If this goes well I might not make it to the agencies in town. That’s okay with me, because I am tired of the dog and pony show. The language barrier is going to be the big problem as I can see it now. I hope it doesn’t end up being a deal breaker for me. My patience will be put to the test. I can see that now, but keep seeing that pretty face just might make me stay in this lol.
That’s all I can think of now. Will post more as the days and events happen. By the way it is still raining steady. Kind of reminds me of those military movies that take place in jungles of Vietnam. It’s only right down the road probably an hour away.
Jeff
Oh how could I forget. Wendy greeted me with a Chinese ornament as a present. I wish I would have followed through and brought her something like I was going to.
