dont panic damo - im back!!!

hello. at this moment in time i am sitting in the cheapest internet cafe ive found on my travels so far - bout 15 pence an hour. anyway. a few hours ago i arrived in nanning - the town im supposed to meet damian at. i went into the hotel we arranged to meet in and looked through the hotels guest sign in forms, but his wasnt there! oh no! so now im just gonna doss around till he turns up. using my colombo detective skills i have deduced that a) he has chosen to stay at a cheaper place and will look me up tomoz morning, b) i didnt look at the sign in forms properly, or c) hes been kidnapped by chinese pirate bandits who will fatten damo up by feeding him packets of 'hot flavour' monster munch so that ultimately they can chop him into tiny little pieces to feed thier poor starving children and their dogs. of course one of these deducements is ridiculous: b).

so, the past 5 days my mum and i went on a package tour around the towns of guilin, yangshuo and lanzhou. i have been living it up in 4 star hotels, using the hotel pool, playing tennis, eating buffets, getting driven everywhere, having a tour guide explain stuff etc (though that was of no use as i only understood about 5% of what she was saying - my cantonese is really not very good). its been much fun and and a good break from backpacking. funnily though, my mum thought it was boring (she hates history), tiring (she hates walking), and hot (she hates, well, the sun). she especially loathes walking in heat whilst listening to history.

thats been about it. will publish this first befoe writing bout hong kong otherwise i just know the comps gonna crash and i will get angry at the world again. I LOVE U DAMO. resisting chinese pirate bandits will only make them more evil when dissecting your mucle bound body.

all my loving, garlen xox