The bracket that holds Ellen’s bar bag broke a few days ago. She got it tig welded up at an auto-body shop for free with the help of a new friend. But 2 days later the bracket snapped again. So goodbye bar bag. But she says she likes riding without the bar bag since she can see more of the road.
Ellen left Tianjin yesterday and headed northeast. She was out in the middle of nowhere, but rolled into a little town at 8 pm. After negotiations with the owner of a little hotel, she was able to get a room. But she was told she had to leave at 11:30 pm! Apparently this hotel wasn’t allowed to let foreigners stay and they were going to get in trouble or something. So Ellen left and basically had nowhere to go. She road to the next town (which the hotel people told her to go to), but couldn’t’ find and hotels there. So at 1:30 am, she found a patch of grass to lay down on and slept for an hour and a half. Needless to say, she took today easy and rode for half a day and got a hotel for some much needed sleep.
That is life. Unpredictable crazy stuff can become regular stuff in time.
That is life. Unpredictable crazy stuff can become regular stuff in time.
Hi Ellen,
Hey, you got 3 1/2 hours at least…
I was once thrown out of a place for being too laowai after only 25 minutes. Shame, too, because it was a nice place. On the other hand, the laoban was very apologetic about it, and kind enough to refund my money. And I’d already had my shower, so I didn’t feel too bad about it…
Hi Ellen,
Hey, you got 3 1/2 hours at least…
I was once thrown out of a place for being too laowai after only 25 minutes. Shame, too, because it was a nice place. On the other hand, the laoban was very apologetic about it, and kind enough to refund my money. And I’d already had my shower, so I didn’t feel too bad about it…
Haha, that’s funny. I got my shower and even washed my clothes – except they were wet when I left. They refunded my money as the laoban’s parents-in-law were very apolgetic as well and refunded my money. The only man kept telling me how American and China are friends – I think he was scared I would report back to my country and would ruin the friendship.
Haha, that’s funny. I got my shower and even washed my clothes – except they were wet when I left. They refunded my money as the laoban’s parents-in-law were very apolgetic as well and refunded my money. The only man kept telling me how American and China are friends – I think he was scared I would report back to my country and would ruin the friendship.