Hello, outside world! I’m finishing up Day 3 of 14 in my quarantine here in Shanghai, and am starting to settle into a pattern. Will this pattern change 18 times over the remaining 11 days I am in here? Probably. But for now, in an attempt to settle into some kind of normalcy after theContinue reading “Bird Tweets and Mystery Meats”
Category Archives: September 2020
Doing the Impossible
You know those big events, good or bad (or both!), that pitch camp in your brain so that they’re all you can think about for weeks/months? And they throw all-night parties with Anxiety (because Anxiety likes to invite itself along to everything, insistent bugger ) so even at night you’re not safe from thinking aboutContinue reading “Doing the Impossible”
The Dive
When I first started my Chinese visa application process (10 months ago, at this point) I had no idea what to expect. The only other time I’d needed a visa to travel was on my trip to Zimbabwe in 2014 – however, unlike this current process, I did not have to apply ahead of time.Continue reading “The Dive”
Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere 