Destination: Xuancheng , Anhui

Today I woke up and realized that it was Thursday instead of Wendesday like I had thought. I had completely lost track of time. That means that I needed to check out of the hostel and find my next destination. So I walked down to the station and summoned up enough Chinese to ask the ticket agent what trains are available to go to any city between here and Shanghai. It turns out that there is a 2pm train to a city called Xuancheng in Anhui province, so I have purchased a ticket. I just now have looked up Xuancheng on the Internet and found two things: it's one of the poorest cities in Anhui (which is already a poor province) and it has an alligator farm where thousands of alligators are raised in capitivity. There is a bit of an entertainment complex built up around the complex, where you can sing karoke, and eat alligator in the restaurant. Should be fun . . .