A hapless paddy on tour

02/12/2005 I awoke at 10am and climbed down from the top bunk of the sleeper to view the countryside. Field after field of planted crops passed me by. On the side of trackers I saw a group of farmers wrestling with a newly killed pig. The blood was still pouring from the animals neck!. I arrived at 3 and was greeted by an American chap holding a hostel card for Mix backpackers. Being the lazy git that I am I followed him back to the hostel where I booked myself into a double room. I instigated a chat with a girl from Galway in the lobby by the name of Rachel. She had been living in China for 6 months now and was interesting to talk to. After sometime a group of people were gathered around and that chat was flowing. I watched the anchorman before heading down to the offie for a bottle of wine. I met a chap called Conor Tiernan from Wexford who was a good laugh so we chatted about music and the likes. We decided to head out to the panda reserve the next day together. I knew we would be heading out for a few beers so I asked the lady at reception to give me a wake up call. we headed to a really expensive club so none of us bough drinks and we got home before two. I stuffed a rehydration satchel down my neck as I had drank a fair skip at that stage .Sleep came easy!