Day 1 (retroactive)

Met the principal of a Chinese school on the airplane. He seemed like a nice and helpful man. He asked me to send him a formal proposal for my plans.

We booked a room at the "Yooth Hostel" across the street from XiYuan, but were so tired that we didn't notice until the morning that it had an airconditioning unit, and so woke up covered in mosquito bites.