Just like Burning Man, Beijing was a blast. I am very fortunate to have great friends, meet interesting and fun people, and have adventures.
I had to write this down. It was too hilarious. Similarities between Burning Man and my vacation in China:
1. Sense of impending anarchy
2. Wheeled vehicles of all shapes and sizes, fleets of crusty bikes
3. Safety third
4. Scary bathrooms
5. Nightmare traffic
6. Love-hate relationship with Capitalism
7. Rampant abuse of megaphones
8. Fire dancers (for real)
9. Raves (I’m serious!)
10. Rivers of beer
It was less than a month after Burning Man and I still hadn’t completely gotten over it. The fun, dangerous, completely alien surroundings made the whole top-of-the-rollercoaster feeling come back with a vengeance, and everyone got pretty sick of me talking about it.
I got the complete Pimsleur Mandarin courses, along with the Rosetta Stone Mandarin and I’ve been playing with a free site called Mango. All are pretty good in their own ways. I wish I could add more disk space to my brain. My goal is to go back sometime soon and not be as helpless as an infant. It’s breathtaking to enter a place where suddenly, thanks to the language barrier, your functioning IQ drops by about 100 points.
See the pictures for yourself.
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