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Reflections on a Wandering Life.....
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Badachu

In one sense I don't blame her. Usually, tourists climb the mountain, and they are tired, so they want to ride down. So she didn't want to bring me back up. But it's her dishonesty that bothered me. She knew that if she told me the truth, I wouldn't take the ride.
Actually, I should have just refused in the first place. Most people climb up the mountain, and then they are tired and they want to ride down. But I came over the mountain from the other side, so I was starting at the top. I had never been to the bottom of the mountain or anywhere in between, and I wanted to see it. Anyway, as I said, too much commercialism. I get tired of that stuff really quickly.
When I got to the bottom of the hill, I decided to take the bus back, because I was tired, and not really in the mood for hiking back over the mountain. After a few stops a whole bunch of school kids in their uniforms got on the bus. One of them happened to be the little boy whose family I lived with last year in the village behind Fragrant Hills Park. What are the odds of that? I didn't recognize him at first, although he looked familiar (they all do). But when he said my Chinese name, I knew it had to be him.
In other news, China released three of the four Japanese nationals they had arrested. They couldn't release the fourth one, because when Japan released the sailors on that fishing vessel, they held the captain for awhile longer. So I would expect to see the fourth Japanese national released in another week or two. We'll see.