Confessions

Don’t get all excited – it’s nothing steamy and I am not revealing any skeletons in my closet.  These are my confessions about my fears and reservations about my big adventure.

·        I am nervous about culture shock in China.  Europe is not that foreign but China is completely different.  A totally different alphabet, squat toilets, food.  I am trying to educate myself before I go. 

·        I am worried about my lack of fitness.  As most of you know, I am not the picture of health and despise exercising.  I will be doing a lot of walking which doesn’t worry me so much.  There is a bit of a trail climb to a monastery in China that concerns me.  I have read that it’s quite a few stairs up the mountain at Emei Shan to where we are staying.  I am praying for a shuttle but am going to try to start walking more this summer to at least get a little in shape.

·        I wonder if I will get lonely.  Although I like traveling alone, 3 months on the road without any familiar faces is a long time for a social person like me.  This is one reason I am taking tours instead of doing it all on my own.  At least I will get a little chat time with fellow travelers.