Thoughts on China

Well, I didn’t get sick all the time I was in China…I waited until I got home for that! As it turned out, I could use the meal vouchers ($20 total) from Northwest Airlines at the airport, so I had a big breakfast (I use the breakfast term loosely, as I had more Bar-B-Q from that Interstate place). I also had some Starbucks coffee and a cheese danish. By the time the flight was coming up, I was feeling very queasy, but I thought it was just because I had eaten so much.

The ride to Tallahassee was only one hour in the air, but I was getting bluer in the face minute by minute. I had had over 2000 hours as a C-130 navigator, as well as many other flights in my time and I had never puked on a plane, so I was determined not to start now! As you’ll see later, I’m lucky my determination worked!

My wife, Linda, picked me up at the airport. It was good to see her, although by this time I was really feeling bad. I wanted to drive, though, since I hadn’t driven in six weeks. As we got about a half mile from the airport, I had to pull over…I threw up all of what I had eaten that morning, which would have filled up about two of those plane airsickness bags, so that’s why I was really glad I made it through the flight…

It turned out I was really sick with some kind of bug and I have been in bed for the past two days, only getting out to watch the Seminoles play Maryland yesterday. I am starting to feel better now (Sunday at about 2:30 AM). I’m certainly glad I didn’t get sick in China. Linda suggested that maybe I should have gotten shots over there to come to America!

Well, I didn’t think quick enough to get pictures of the sick episode, which would have been a fitting end to this blog, but some things are better left to the imagination…

Once again, I want to thank everyone who traveled along with me and commented on the posts. It really gave me something to look forward to as I went around China. I have to say, I wish I could stay there a year, as I had an absolutely wonderful time and the people were incredibly friendly.

Well, back to work tomorrow…I will have to figure out what I’m going to do with my web site. I will keep the China trip blog as www.thoughtbyscott.com/blog , but will probably change the redirect from the main page, so that there will be a page that will link to the blog, as well as other things I will be putting up. It probably won’t be for a little while, yet, but I just wanted you to know, in case you cared.

Also, I will complete the post on my overall impressions of China when I feel better.

If you happen to have run across this blog in researching a trip to China and have any questions, don’t hesitate to add a comment to a post. I have an RSS feed that alerts me to new comments and I will respond within a day.

Until next time…再见 (Zài jiàn, or Good bye)!