IT'S NEVER PRETTY WHEN THEY FINALLY FIGURE IT OUT!
WEDNESDAY! We heard them coming down the hall at around 6am. We could just tell by the sound of the crackling walkie-talkies and the staccato voices that our time here in Xi'an was running out. The pounding on our door came next, along with our reply of, "no comprendo espanol!" (Hey, that always worked for us in Tijuana). Fortunately, it confused the Communist bastards and bought us some time, but we knew they'd be back soon. We shouldn't have lied about the mini-bar, we shouldn't have charged two massages to someone else's room and we definitely shouldn't have invited the hotel manager's daughter up to our room. "Woulda, coulda, shoulda!" Now we had just a few precious minutes to make our escape.
The good news is that we bought train tickets out of town yesterday so all we had to do was slip down the service elevator and get lost in the traffic. Just like riding a bicycle there are some skills you never forget - especially when you use them regularly - like eating hot wings at Hooters! Okay, there's no Hooters here in Xi'an, but we did eat piles of wings (Kevin) and piles of tofu (Stacy) on the street last night for less than we'd pay for a couple of beers in L.A. Actually, yesterday we ate like royalty (Kevin = Queen) for all three meals and spent less than $10 bucks on both of us the entire day. Communism does have it's advantages and cheap food is one of them. Freedom of the press, Freedom of religion, the right to due process and uncensored internet porn are not high points of Communism so you really have to choose what matters to you. Hmmmmm....so the choice between Capitalism and Communisim really all boils down to cheap hot wings versus internet porn - tough call!
By the time you read this post (which we pushed out from the railway station - we made it past the police checkpoint) we'll be on our way to Beijing. It's an overnight trip and we'll be sharing a 4-person compartment again with two as yet unknown fellow travelers. Hopefully they won't mind our loud snoring (Stacy) or laugh at our fuzzy pink slippers (Kevin). We should arrive tomorrow around 7am local time in Beijing, be checked into a hotel somewhere by about 9am and be demonstrating for a FREE TIBET in Tienanmen Square by noon! If we can stick to that schedule we should be arrested shortly thereafter and released to the custody of the U.S. State Department in time for late afternoon beers...
ANOTHER DAY WITH FOUR PICTURES AND A VIDEO!
Kevin eating "hot wings" from some street vendor! The local equivalent of Hooters Girls - YEAH BABY!
Stacy challenged the cook to a shot drinking contest! Hmmmm.....not enough selection of Top Ramen tubs!
COME ON! JUST CLICK ON THE ARROW AND BE HAPPY!
The good news is that we bought train tickets out of town yesterday so all we had to do was slip down the service elevator and get lost in the traffic. Just like riding a bicycle there are some skills you never forget - especially when you use them regularly - like eating hot wings at Hooters! Okay, there's no Hooters here in Xi'an, but we did eat piles of wings (Kevin) and piles of tofu (Stacy) on the street last night for less than we'd pay for a couple of beers in L.A. Actually, yesterday we ate like royalty (Kevin = Queen) for all three meals and spent less than $10 bucks on both of us the entire day. Communism does have it's advantages and cheap food is one of them. Freedom of the press, Freedom of religion, the right to due process and uncensored internet porn are not high points of Communism so you really have to choose what matters to you. Hmmmmm....so the choice between Capitalism and Communisim really all boils down to cheap hot wings versus internet porn - tough call!
By the time you read this post (which we pushed out from the railway station - we made it past the police checkpoint) we'll be on our way to Beijing. It's an overnight trip and we'll be sharing a 4-person compartment again with two as yet unknown fellow travelers. Hopefully they won't mind our loud snoring (Stacy) or laugh at our fuzzy pink slippers (Kevin). We should arrive tomorrow around 7am local time in Beijing, be checked into a hotel somewhere by about 9am and be demonstrating for a FREE TIBET in Tienanmen Square by noon! If we can stick to that schedule we should be arrested shortly thereafter and released to the custody of the U.S. State Department in time for late afternoon beers...
ANOTHER DAY WITH FOUR PICTURES AND A VIDEO!
Kevin eating "hot wings" from some street vendor! The local equivalent of Hooters Girls - YEAH BABY!
Stacy challenged the cook to a shot drinking contest! Hmmmm.....not enough selection of Top Ramen tubs!
COME ON! JUST CLICK ON THE ARROW AND BE HAPPY!
We are amazed, amused and somewhat confused as to how you two lunatics manage to always evade arrest!!!!
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It is amazing that you two kooks are not already deported from China ya silly bastards ya. The Chinese people must look at you two and wonder which planet you came from. Well anyway we cannot help but love you two. Be safe, have fun, and the next thing you will be telling us is that you joined the Communist party.
guy and cary
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