So when we last left off, I had just had a complete nervous breakdown in the middle of Tibet and was told that I would be leaving Ganzi in a shared minivan at 8:00 the next morning. You can read all about that here.
Well that morning was this morning and I should probably start off by telling you that I did indeed get out of Ganzi (YAY) but the story is a bit more complicated than that.
I knew I was supposed to be leaving at 8:00 so I planned to leave my hotel at 7:30. The shared minivans gather about ten feet from the door. I woke up at 6:00 am and was just about to eat a Cliff Bar and drink some milk tea when someone began knocking on my door. What the hell. I open it and it is a dude standing there who says “Dege” to me. I say “I thought we were leaving at 8:00” which he does not understand, as if it mattered anyway. He does a driving motion and says “Dege” and points down, meaning “come on, let’s go.”
If I wasn’t such a maniac, I would not have even been awake yet. I could in theory have set my alarm for 7:30 and still have been outside by 8:00. As it was, I was only awake for maybe five minutes. So now I have to rush like even more of a maniac and pack and get out now. I am ready in five minutes, but I am all shaky from doing too much when I was only awake for five minutes in high altitude. Plus, I had consumed zero calories. But hey, I am getting out of Ganzi so let’s go!