1)
When living in Italy, I always said: loud - louder - Italy.
but there is an increase:
loud - louder - Italy - China.

I have a stereotype of an old chinese on my mind: sitting with his traditional hat, holding one hand behind his ears, because he is deaf.
Now I ask myself: what was first, the chicken or the egg? translated to chinese: what was first: the deaf one, or the cars blowing their horn?

2)
chinese traffic is like a dog: you must not show your fear, and it won't harm you.
all are complaining about chinese traffic. well, me as well, because of the exhaust fumes (Abgase). not of the way of traffic - I got used to that in Italy.
If you step on the road, they will stop (or go around you). but nevertheless one has to be careful.

4)
solitude.
last year I was looking for it, I found it, and I appreciated it.
This year, not possible. one is never alone. And as a foreigner sometimes I feel to be a trophy: "may I take a picture with you?"="one more picture with a foreigner - yesss!". they sometimes dont even ask, where Iam from. but at the same time one is lonesome. but a sad lonliness.

Maybe some of you are interested - yes, and somehow I enjoy talking with my friends at home after this long period - tomorrow (monday) evening (for me... -6 hours for you) I will be online at skype for a long time (with headset, and camera this time), as I want to fix my blog and write some more stories. (maybe I will be online also on tuesday. depends on the bus going to songpan)

Bad news today: the train in the region I wanted to go, is fully booked for the next 10 days... miss my bike.
Plan B is made: going there by bus, step by step. not from a to b, but from a to d, to f, to s, to x and then to b. should work, with inbetween a horse-trecking tour, a stop at a salt lake, in the middle of the mountains. maybe this time mountains... :)

Those Chinese trains and my spontaneous way of travelling (where to go tomorrow? let's think about that later ... cheers!) don't fit. however, tomorrow I'm going to the mt. qingcheng shan, for not staying at chengdu all the time. I had too much tourists once more ... who is crazy enough to visit one of the most important buddhistic monasteries of China right on the birthday of buddha? right, thats me... ignorance or stupidness? (Unwissenheit oder Dummheit) I don't know which is worse.... however, for me it was ignorance.

sorry for those scattered thoughts tonight. once more late. nevertheless, some more scattered thoughts will be added at miscellaneous.