A Warm Welcome To My New School & City
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Huai'an, Jiangsu, China
Hey Hey and a Big G’Day toya,
So I hear Motley Crue are splitting.Thats like living with a pair of bow legged chop sticks!
Where have I been for the past few weeks? In my new school city. I haven't seen my new school location and I'm happy to wait until September but so far it has been brilliant. My girlfriend arrived safe and sound, we put her together and over the past few weeks I've ridden around one hundred hours and walked nearly as much.
I won't write much simply because I'll be here for a year.
Best leave the good stuff for later.
The Great Canal runs through here, Huai'An once had its own opera but it was taken over by Sichuan Opera. It's an extremely Green city and for its size there are very few cars. On every second block there are free bicycles, just grab one and drop it off at your destination. I have travelled to hundreds of Chinese cities and only some have the Green thing happening and less have the City Bike thing happening. Those that do usually only have it in the heart of the city but Huai'An takes it one step further, free bikes can be found in the outer suburbs.
I have travelled to many cities but here there are just so many bikes and electric scooters;
They simply fill up every corner of the inner heart of the city.
For those who know or remember the television series 'Monkey' or 'Monkey Magic', my new city is the authors home town and where the novel 'Journey To The West' (Monkey) was written and just a few hours away is the 'Monkey Mountain' were that fictional journey began. There are huge wet lands, temples, streets filled with snacks and most importantly of all for me;
There is a totally new cuisine!
PS: This blogs is for Kezza, the strongest woman I've ever known.
Of course that is besides my beautiful mother!
Beers N Noodles toya…..shane
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The soundtrack to this entry was by Motley Crue
The album was 'Theater Of Pain'
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