Despite the dingy weather and my continuing ill health and the distressing shortage of fully-committed participants, I am pressing ahead with my long-planned, oft-deferred mega-bar-crawl this weekend.
Of course, one of my Chinese friends I tried to entice along queried the point of it: "What are we celebrating?"
The Chinese, it seems, always need an ulterior reason for getting drunk; they don't like to do it for the sheer hell of it.
I replied:
"Nothing - but the spirit of adventure itself. It's like climbing a mountain: we do it just to see if it's possible, just to see if we can survive."
Yes, it's something like 25 bars in all. Survival may be an issue. Wish me luck!
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(Un)fortunately, I will be down in Qingdao on yet another Fun Fun Visa Run. Will survey the carnage when I get back Monday night.
You can get a visa in Qingdao??
Boy, I sure hope so.
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