Bad Guides

"So you're not coming with us," my aunt said to our tour guide, Kevin. It wasn't a question.

"No, he's coming with us," I assured her.

"No," said our guide. "I'm not."

I finished slurping my noodles through sunburned lips and winced. "You're not?" I was the only person in the room naive enough to still be phrasing my sentences like questions.

"Something has come up," he non-explained passively in that thick Chinese accent that always sounds too dynamic to our Midwestern ears. My aunt looked unsurprised by this completely unexpected turn of events. Then again, she'd never really liked Kevin and we always suspect the worst of people we don't like.

Sometimes with good reason.

Did You Miss Me?

Hello, loyal readers! I can't believe it's been over a year since my last post (or since I left London, for that matter). In that time I've had many the random adventure. Unfortunately, I will be unable to tell you everything, but never fear because I will be entertaining you with several stories from my most recent trip to Asia. So stay tuned for The Random Adventures of a Young American in China and Kyrgyzstan!

I may want to come up with a shorter title...