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Subject: Jamaican in China!--Day 1. I think I'm going
to like it here
From: walt@jamaicaninchina.com
Date: September
1, 2010 1:29:00 PM GMT+10:00
On the five-hour
flight to China--the last charter flight leaving Saipan direct to Beijing
The minute I step of the
plane, I get besieged by people who want to
take their photo with
me.
Finally got some
time to take a photo by myself
We hop on a bus to the
terminal,
At the baggage-claim,
I meet a mom and son who were returning from Saipan
and exchange contact
information. My first contacts in Beijing. I need a cell phone.
At the information
counter, Jyang helps me contact the Embassy, we exchange email addresses, and
she agrees to show me around Beijing once I get settled. Hmmm...I need a cell phone.
With the name of my
destination written in Mandarin characters, I head down to street level,
where I take a taxi to meet Les. I won't show you the
photo of the shiesty taxi driver who tried to charge me $70 US
dollars for what should have been a $6US ride from the
airport to the US Embassy where Les works.
Beijing buggy!
While on our way to
get me a cell phone, we spot a young lady who happened to be
walking with a pair of golf clubs, which gave Les an opportunity to strike up a
conversation. Turns out--now get this--she's Jamaican! Her name is Anna, and
she says there's about a 20-person community of Jamaicans here!
I give her my email
and she promises to connect and introduce me to the "massive!" (Jamaican slang for "a crowd of
people!" I need a cell phone.
Anna, one of the
few other Jamaicans in Beijing! Big up!
Les bargains for a
good deal for my new cell!
Ok. I
got a cell phone.
So,
now I'm set...I've already met a few contacts with whom I'll need
to
share the new number for the Jamaican in China!
Yes,
I think I'm going to like it here!
Les
shows me around a bit more, then goes back to work, and I roam
about
town for a bit buying fruit and window shopping.
>>Last
time I was in China, I had a few ok, but bland meals (prepared
by chefs who I restricted to certain ingredients) and lived
on cashews and raisins when I didn't have a Chinese-speaking guide
to instruct the chefs. Similarly, when I want to Manila, I subsisted on lara bars and
fruit for two weeks. (I didn't find the vegetarian restaurant until the night before
I left)
Tomorrow's
adventure: Finding a true vegan-friendly restaurant in Beijing!
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