Saved by Lonely Planet, again.
24.10.2013
After my q&a session I headed out for hong jiang from the south bus station. It takes about an hour just to get there, but I was pleasantly surprised when a bus to my destination was leaving within an hour from when I arrived at the station.<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: normal;">The buses are pretty rickety here, and expensive compared to the price of everything else. It was full of people and by the time we got to hong jiang it was at least 8. I managed to find one motel and at first the lady at the desk kept shaking her head at me. I whipped out my guidebook and this hotel was in it and I had the Chinese characters right there so she couldn't say I wasn't allowed to stay there. I gave her all three of my ids and none of them seemed to satisfy her. Even my passport. She called someone else who was nicer and I got my room right away. For $15 it was way worth it.<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: normal;">
On the bus
