A Man & His Stick Walking The 9 (Part Two)
By Joshua Dent Screw Air B&B Tonight! I left the windows open, and the keys in the ignition. My left hand swung the driver side door open. I planted my two feet on the ground. I didn’t have the same ring of sweat in the middle of my back as I did last year I did not stop because I wanted to take in the sunset. I did not stop because I wanted to look at the mountains behind me. I did not stop because I wanted to go swimming. I stopped because I needed to retrace my steps from the previous year. I needed to retrace my steps just as quickly as I abandoned my Air B&B destination of Fangliao for the night. Have You Heard? Last Year Sucked (for me), This Year Rules (for me) I was at this same beach, in Fengshan, in one of the most desperate times of my life last year. At 4 p.m., on a 34 degree day (34 Celsius, 34 Celsius= 94 Fareneheit), I came here the previous year. Last year, I jumped off my scooter. I headed right for ...