We were up at about midday and had melon for breakfast, Michelle was hungover and melon "wasn't going to do it." We went in hunt of stodgier sustanance and Liaocheng's famous lake. Lunch was had in a double barrelled shotgun of restaurant floating on famous lake. I ordered up assorted dishes including a 'mystery vegetable' as Michelle is vegetarian and doesn't get to participate in mystery meat action. The mystery was a dissapointing plate of lettuce. On the...

First thing first, I had to sort out transportation to Michelle's city of Liaocheng. It didn't look far on the map (haha) so I figured it wouldn't take too long. I had learnt the hard way that in China you had to book your tickets as early as possible no matter how simple the journey looks. Nothing will be simple. I went to the bus station I already knew. "The South station has buses to Liaocheng, we don't." I was told. I walked the two miles to the stati...