jidan mifan-steamed rice

After crossing the border into the mainland and leaving the sweet life in Macau and Hong Kong, we were in the real china, oh ya the real red country. So we were off to Guangzhou, and with the help of three lovely Chinese people (who spoke some English) we were put on a bus headed in that direction. After 3 hours on a bus we arrived in Guanzhou with the address of the hostel we booked online and no frickin clue where we were. We walked the police station and they pretended to understand us and made gestures toward different directions on our map. Finally after 30 minutes of playing charades and gestures we got in a cab and to our hostel. Guanzhou is the real deal and as we walked down the street we received looks of utter confusion as to our sudden landing in this city. We are aliens. But I have learned how to say two important phrases, jidan mifan (steamed white rice) and tsingtao ( the national beer of china) so I am eating rice and doing great.