Visa update: So our visas were submitted for extension today and yesterday. The good news is: our applications were accepted with virtually no trouble whatsoever (except for my friend Jose, his PSB agent made him go all the way back to our Hostel and pay for an additional night just to get a Temporary Residence Permit that was less then 24 hours old). The bad news is: they won't have our visas processed until Oct. 6, which means we don't get our passports back until Oct. 6, and we can't stray too far away from Beijing until we pick up our new visas. On top of this, they grant the 30 day extension from the day you submit your application, which means my visa is only valid until Oct. 24. This gives me 18 days to figure out where I want to settle in China (which definitely won't be in Beijing). Right now my plan is to go Chengdu. So, if I get there, and I decide that Chengdu isn't the place for me, I'll have maybe a week of breathing room to find a better place to settle before I have to resubmit for another extension. The whole thing is just a tremendous pain in the ass, and more likely than not I'm going to find myself in Hong Kong at the end of the month (where I can stay for 90 days without a visa) so that I have more time to consider what my next steo will be.
Anyway, that's about it for my boring life right now. I promise that I will try to start writing more about China and less about myself in the future.
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