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Setbacks, or getting 1/3 nights that you paid for...

2/16/2015

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So I've experienced my first set back in traveling during the period of the world's biggest human migration as people head home to see family and friends for the new year. I showed up at the bus station at about 8:30AM, got frustrated because the woman running the ticket desk just kind of left and I was standing in line long enough that I had to get into another line. And then I found out that all buses to Yuanyang were booked for the day. I was really upset, but I guess I should have followed my initial anxiety when I got here feeling like I needed to arrange everything right away. So now instead of riding the bus for 7 hours to be there on the evening of the 16th, I get to ride the 7pm bus, arrive at 1AM on the 18th, spend the night of the 19th in DuoYiShu, and then run out again on the 20th. I want to cry and I'm so mad at myself for overlooking this because I've never had problems getting bus tickets on the day of travel before, but it wasn't the new year and they had more buses than just three a day. I'm not looking forward to spending the night on a bus...

I emailed the guesthouse so they would know and decided to call to be doubly sure that they knew my situation. They didn't sound too thrilled that I booked and paid ahead during their high season and was unable to make it out there...so now I feel even worse about being this stupid. And here I thought I'd done just about everything I could to ensure I had my accomodation and travel options sorted out but no, I guess I'm just some idiot kid after all. I won't ask for my money back for the obvious reason that it's not fair to them when their rooms are probably in high demand right now...but ugh I'm just so upset with my incompetence. On the bright side of things, I get one more night in Kunming and the bus station isn't quite as far away as before, but still! I guess I'll try to relax and make sure I'm ready to go with whatever happens tomorrow because this was the best I could do to still see the terraces, so here's a picture of crossing the bridge noodles before I tossed everything in together.
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And a strange sight I found in a Gloria Jean's coffee shop just before leaving Macau:
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