Today I said goodbye to the incredible Zhangjiajie with a big walk around the streets of the city centre. China is heaps weirder than I thought - the rumors are true!!
First up I found a store after my own heart - selling only steak and milk in a shopping centre surrounded by clothes, "Aussie life" really stood out. I also saw a restaurant with robot wait staff (literally robots on tracks carrying trays of food and drinks to tables, but couldn't get a good photo without the non-robot staff ushering me either away or inside.
Outside, the street food was mostly questionable at best, seeing as it is a rural town, but people seemed to really like it!! There were also some super strange things for sale. I saw a couple carrying live chickens down the main street, and worst of all, out the front of McDonalds, there were people selling what I'm 90% sure were smoked dog and cat!!
On the plus side, I finally got a slice of birthday cake, which was great.
After my walk, I headed to the train station, and just people watched for a while. I was surprised by how many people didn't have bags, but instead were travelling with large sacks tied to sticks for carrying.
The train I am catching is 20 hours long, and my bed is at the top, so barely enough room to crawl, let alone sit in bed!! We will see how this goes...
Tomorrow, more train xx