Monday, June 12, 2006

There Can Be Only One

Having left Waifang in Dunhuang, Yeenyee, Olivia, Cara, and Michael boarded our train for our final ride back to Beijing. Rather than suffer the 5 hour plane ride and the 45 minute taxi cab ride from the Beijing airport, we decided to go with the 44 hour train ride and the 20 minute taxi ride from the train station.

It was a great choice!

We had stocked up on food before getting on the train so when the four of us took over our own personal sleeper room on the train, we were pretty much set for the next two days. We were even able to enjoy a personalized raisin testing.

We watched the scenery change and relaxed and studied on the train. We even managed to catch up on our sleep. It was lovely.

Upon arriving in Beijing we sent Yeenyee back to her apartment in her own cab and the three of us that were left climbed into a cab together and headed east. Olivia had the farthest distance to go so she dropped us off at the subway stop near our apartment and then continued on.

As we watched the cab pull away, we saw her doing a victory dance - she was the survivor!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I can't believe you have a blog entry titled "There Can Be Only One" and there's no mention of immortals, swordplay, beheadings or Scots from the Highlands.

What the dilly?