I'm currently in the middle of a 22 hour train ride from Guilin to Shanghai. It's been a long trip, and there's just under a week before I arrive back in Toronto on June 4. Mobile internet access here is relatively inexpensive compared to Canada (88 RMB per month gives me 200 minutes, unlimited incoming and 30 MB of internet access, that's roughly $13 or $14 CAD). So I'm happily tethering my notebook to my phone over Bluetooth right now

The trip has been a lot of fun and we've seen a lot of things. Overall China feels more haphazard than Canada. But there's so much rich culture and scenery to see here. Plus the food is awesome and relatively inexpensive when compared to Canadian prices.

Having grown up in Toronto with Singaporean parents, my Chinese food exposure has been primarily Cantonese-style and Singaporean-style. But having traveled to various regions across China, I've been able to expose myself to some different types of food such as some foods in Haerbin and Chengdu, to name a couple.

It's been good! But I'm looking forward to getting home. We'll stop in Hong Kong for a couple days before taking the long flight back to Toronto.