5/21 –I leave Guilin intact: with my ATM card, computer “fixed,” some clean clothes and my shoes don’t stink to high heaven because I washed the insoles.
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I’m constantly misplacing or packing away the very papers or cards I need. Maglie Seattle Sonics In this case, I have an address on my computer of a hostel in Chongquing that speaks good English and can book the cruise, but when I go offline, I stupidly lose it, and have to search for the hostel on foot which is hard because of my luggage and because there’s a HIGH divide in the road that I have to traverse.
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The girl there gives me total misinformation: that there are no boats tonight: that I have to travel 4 hours the next day to another village to get a boat because the water is low. adidas neo daily team męskie This doesn’t jibe with either my guidebook, the main ticket office where they were going to sell me a ticket for tonight if it wasn’t sold out, and the fact that the large luxury “international” boats are leaving from here, which doesn’t make sense. adidas stan smith donna So I press her some more, nicely, to call the ticket office and sure enough, there is a boat this evening and there are berths available. Virginia Cavaliers nike air max 1 print donna I scurry to get some money and food, and hustle back and get on the boat.
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But that boat costs $425 plus tips for “4 days, 3 nights’” which, in real time, is 2 ½ days: cruise starts at 9PM and ends the fourth day at 1PM. Air Jordan 3 Uomo asics scarpe donna
Plus, excursions are $50 extra per.
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