Saturday, March 3, 2012

four days in a Chinese village: the preface

Imagine that a friend invites you to his village during the long Chinese New year holiday. Imagine you say yes.

Then, imagine you are just days away from departure and you get this photo emailed to you from your host. As you open the attachment, observe the facilities available at his house and then read the caption obviously processed through an online translator, your idea of a sweeping John Steinbeck adventure falls into the same hole over which you will soon be straddling.