An early start this morning, up at 5 am for an early breakfast so that we can get to the bus station in plenty of time to get the bus to Yellow Mountain. I’m not looking forward to the bus trip due to the fact that the Chinese can’t drive for shit.

The journey would take about 4 to 5 hours and and so far as I sit on the bus it’s not an enjoyable experience. The drivers seem compelled to blast the horn at every vehicle they pass or want to pass. On the narrower roads they constantly scare the shit out of pedestrians as the walk along the road.

After two hours we pull into a petrol station for a break. Up until now I have had a free seat beside me but unfortunately some Peasants join our bus and one sits beside me and immediately falls asleep and begins to snore. I have given her a kick a few times and also an elbow or two to try and stop her but it doesn’t seem to working too well but I’ll persevere.

The second driver we have is worse than the first one and can’t keep the bus in between the lanes and so the warning system is going off all the time.

My patience is wearing thin and I hope I can make it to the terminus before killing someone.

Oh did I mention that the peasant bedside me smells.