Guangzhou

Arrived in Guangzhou after a 34 hour train ride from Shanghai. The trip was scheduled to only take 17 hours, but I was held up by power outages in Western Jiangxi Province and all of Hunan Province. I befriended a guy named Mr. Lee who would keep me updated as to what the train staff was saying. Also, I actually buckled down and bought one of the sketchy boxed lunches (rice, cucumbers and onions, a half of a hard boiled egg sitting in what looked like sour kraut, piece of tofu, 2 pieces of what was probably fried chicken, and bean curd that looked like brains).

Arrived at 3 a.m. and got to a hostel. Found a huge cockroach on the floor of the bathroom today, on its back flailing. The one standard I hold a hostel to, and it fails. Freezing too, this far south most hotel rooms don't have heat. It's on Shamian island, a sand bar t hat had been taken over by the British/French and used as a trading post under the hong trading system. Little traffic, pretty chill, Starbucks nearby.

Taking in museums, have already been to three. Went to a Canadian bar last night with a friend of a friend. Probably won't make it to Hong Kong until the 6th.