Locked out

12.11.2016

My Sunday was spent island hopping from Whampoa Military Academy to the Guangdong Museum of art on Ersha island. The military school was a little underwhelming, even though the museum was quite informative. The rooms were all closed, so there was nothing to see except the rebuilt school, which was destroyed 60 years ago.

I had no change for the ferry, so I sprung for some hawthorn candy, which I munched on while on my way to the gallery.

I didn't expect much but the museum was actually really great. There were some old clothing embroidered delicately by hand from the early 20th century. There was also a really nice exhibit on Chinese train travel through the years, something I'm already missing this year.

At about 4 p.m. I was getting tired again, so I headed back to Pietro's. He had gone to Tianjin on business, and I had no idea if Pear would be home. Of course she wasn't, and I waited for at least an hour and then gave up. I went back to the front of the community to find wifi at the restaurant. I managed to connect with Pietro through Skype and he said Pear would get home at 8:30 p.m. I ordered some tofu and pork and snacked on it until the battery in my iPod wore down. When that happened, I walked back and Pear was there, finally. I fell asleep quickly and made my way home in the morning.

Whampoa Military Academy