Been to Wuhan, Leaving Hangzhou, Bound for Shanghai...

December 23rd Matt, Shea, Gabe, Sarah, and I headed out of Peter Hall with nothing but a few train tickets and a backpack. Knowing that I would not see Xinzheng for 2 months was odd. This town has been my home for 4 months and here we are taking off for half of that time. Our first stop was Wuhan which we immediately nicknamed "BUhan" (bu in Chinese means "not") Needless to say the town wasn't very exciting. We spent Christmas there and thankfully the hostel we stayed at was awesome. They people were really friendly and the place was warm and eclectic. We had a mixed dorm (aka 3 sets of bunk beds in a room... there are 5 of us... so then we get one extra roommate) for this hostel our extra roommate was one of the Chinese guys that worked there named David. He was awesome and spoke very good English. On Christmas Eve he played "Silent Night" for us on his guitar and we all sang along before we fell asleep in our beds. Christmas came and went... but it never really felt like Christmas. On the night of the 26th we boarded an over night train to Hangzhou (where we currently are). This town has mountains and lots of trees. This town is definitely not like the China that I have known for the past 4 months. This evening we head on a train to Shanghai. We are having lots of fun so far and I am really enjoying seeing other parts of China. This country is awesome!