THE Lowly Peon

Another red stamp... 
30 November 2009, 1:11am

...brings my total number of Chinese entires/exits to 34. I'm sitting in the airport on my way to India, looking through my passport at all the places I've been. I remember going to Europe, my first time getting a stamp in my passport, and being angry/disappointed that they didn't stamp for international train travel. Now, I'm looking at extra pages and a whole bunch of stamps I can barely remember.

I'm not sure why — I've been to lots of places — but I have a hard time believing I'm going to India. I've checked my passport about ten times this morning just to make sure I have a visa.

This travel I'm embarking on should be horrendous. The only flights available these days into Mumbai from Hangzhou require the following schedule, roughly:

• Monday @11am, Hangzhou to Hong Kong. Arrives 1:30pm.
• Monday @7:50pm, Hong Kong to Mumbai. Arrives at 12:25am. Gah.
• Tuesday @5:20am, Mumbai to Vadodara, arrives 6:40am.

Then I head back next Monday:

• Monday @7:30pm, Vadodara to Mumbai. Arrives 8:50pm.
• Tuesday @1:50am, Mumbai to Hong Kong. Arrives around 9am, I think. Another gah.
• I'm taking a day to rest (read: "party hearty") and pick up daisy's new iPhone 3Gs in HK.
• Wednesday @11am, return home.

So basically, I don't expect to sleep for a while.