Took an overnight bus from Wuhan to Xiamen. Technically it was a sleeper bus, but I had forgotten what that actually means. The "bed" was tiny, even by average chinese standards I would think it was small. And there was no where to put my bag, so i spent the night hugging my backpack. it was pretty awful, but only 15 hours later, i was in xiamen waiting for my dad and step-mom in the airport.
We met up and made our way to Gulangyu, the scenic island off Xiamen. Our hotel was at 8 Lujiao Lu. After easily locating lujiao lu we proceeded to find 5, 7, then 9, but no 8. A brief search and I went in to ask some bar staff where no. 8 might be. They had no idea. She said, "well, 5 is that way, were 7 and 9 is over there, but 8, its somewhere else. I have no idea." Turns out neither did anyone else in the area. So I called the hotel, told them where we were and asked them to send someone to find us. A few minutes later we were walked to the hotel, about 200 meters from where we got off the ferry, and no where close to 5-13 Lu Jiao lu was. Apparently odd and evens have no bearing on where they might be to each other.
After that little diversion we set about exploring the island and having a pleasant dinner. Travelling in China is always interesting. Tomorrow will be a car to Fujian tulous.
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