I have already checked out from Blue Sky International Youth Hostel and it was time for leaving Sanya to travel by train to Guanhzou to see the temples and skyscrapers. This is the last time I went for a swim in the Chinese sea. I even managed to sunbath a little bit on the sandy beach. Oh and I’ve lost my cap. Oh well, I wouldn’t have taken it with me back to Lithuania anyway. I have paid for it only 5 RMB.
I’ve just ran the calculations of my money. My budget looks skim. I will have to save a little bit for the rest of the days. I think I will have to skip some of the paid museums in some cities. I still not sure if I am heading to the yellow mountains.
Coldplay is playing in the reception. It is so nice to hear English and not Chinese songs! I feel so relaxed after the swim in the sea. I think all my sunbathing just washed off in the sea. All my bruises from my arse and arms are almost gone (my epic jump from Dragon bridge!). I think I’ve got a proper cold as at night I feel feverish and outside it is 30°C. Once I get in the train need to take the Coldrex pills again.
I also need to go to the shop before I leave to buy some food and water for the trip. The trip is long until next morning. Now I really want to leave Sanya, because of heavy rain in here! Today it is going to rain here as well. Hope not that time when I am going to the train station!
I just had a amazing meal of clamps. It was so delicious! Just I had an impression that they all jumped out of the pot when they were boiling, since mainly only shells were left. Quantity wise it was very little. I also took some fried pork, which was cheap and delicious too. For everything I have paid 57 RMB, but since I was sharing, so not too bad.
On my way to hostel I bought some leeches and mango. For both I paid just barely 18 RMB and it had twice of leeches as last time. In other words, last time I was ripped off.
I have gathered my things and head to train station. I ought bus no. 4 and wasn’t sure if it was going to the right direction. I was hoping it is! I tried in the bus to show and ask, but nobody could understand me. I was so stressed. I took Lonely Planet and the map of Sanya. It looked like that I was heading towards the right direction. The streets seemed to be the same where we have passed with motorbikes yesterday. It was not much time until the train and I was already for 30 min in the bus! I saw people running through the road and standing in between busses in the middle of the road. I also saw a kid who was hit on a bike. A lot of people were around him. Everyone in the bus also started starring. As curious as Lithuanians. Human nature I guess.
I kept going on the bus and no end to it. It was 15 min until train left and I was planning to be 30 min before train. Suddenly the bus starts going in really abandoned roads. I started doubting if that’s the right way to the train station. Sometimes it looked liked the bus is going to flip over.
Here it was the train station! I get off and run! I dropped my bag for X-Ray to enter the station, grab it and run towards the gate. There people showed me where to go. It looked like a stadium not a train station! I bet an air-plane could land in this concrete square!
I got into the train and the guy moved away from my bed. Good! Now it was mine!
After 5 min the train leaves. I felt lucky! I made it! Train goes through hills and tunnels.
Some experiences from taking the bus in Sanya:
Scenario 1: two kids standing and peeing on the street in a really busy street.
Scenario 2: bus driver opens the window, coughs and spits through it, not even looking who is out there. Street full of cars. Lucky me it wasn’t me there on the motorbike!
Scenario 3: either a bus driver or some passenger is always on a phone shouting loudly in Chinese. So noisy and so usual in here!
I think I should learn some more Chinese. In such a long time I have learned 3 words! Shame on me!