I GREW MY BOOBS IN CHINA
Chapter #7 “Packrat Rehabilitation”
Chapter #8 “Arrival”
Chapter #9 “The Conqueror”

We were introduced to a wide range of traditional songs and food as well as to Mr. Buddha in my very first incense-permeated monastery.

All along, I had been expecting some kind of “Big Bang” type of reaction. I resented the trip so deeply and yet, despite the months of foreboding, it had not yet “hit” me. I was still waiting for some sort of physical manifestation of my ambivalence about this trip, like a quake in my knees that would send me toppling to the ground, or something – anything! I wanted to be shocked! To be surprised! Where were my fireworks?!

When we had completed her four-day, introductory crash course to the marvels of Sandra’s birth city, the five of us said goodbye at the front entrance to the subway station.
Chapter #10 “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride”
Aaaaah those bumpy rides in the night buses in Asia! 😂😂😂