Sleeper Bus to Xiamen

Today we rode a sleeper bus to Xia men. A sleeper bus looks like army barracks on wheels. We fit into our compartment slots quite nicely but Mike intelligently made the correct decision to sit this trip out. These buses are made for the Chinese in mind and there is no way that an average American would fit into there bed space. Before leaving at 8 pm we spent some time preparing for our voyage which meant buying simple foods are are difficult to find in china. Bread products need to be bought at western style store called bread talk. Dan wanted to get a cooler for his necessary travel beer but oddly enough certain items including coolers are highly expensive. Instead Dan maneuvered a lunch box and plastic bag to house a beer stash. Ivy, a friend of Lisa brought along a single individually wrapped and vacuum sealed chickens foot and a package of stinky tofu parts. You see this stuff all over China but I never saw anyone ever purchase or eat it, similar to the slim Jim's at the counter of 711. Anyway, nothing changed, turns out Ivy didn't eat them either, she didn't even like the stuff, rational enough. What didn't make sense is that she couldn't explain why she had these things.