Date: October 22nd, 2025 1:53 AM
Author: ''"'''"''"''''"''
Subject: WUHAN
Stuck in traffic, I rescheduled myself on the Trip.com app for a train the next morning, a simple process. I also put myself on wait lists for the day’s remaining trains. The app told me I had a 70.4% chance of success.
Once it became clear the algorithm had been overly optimistic, I booked a hotel near the station and went to explore Wuhan by night. I walked the cobblestone streets of the Victorian-era Hankou concession area.
Surreal, dreamlike moments unfurled before me: In a Louis Vuitton coat and wraparound sunglasses, a woman walked an alpaca; a young man operated a bustling espresso stand out of his car’s open trunk.
Somehow hungry again, I was drawn down a dark alley by the light of a restaurant called Under the Bridge Downtown.
There, I enjoyed a comforting, homestyle braise of beef and five-spice-scented tofu.
The next morning, I made it to the station with plenty of time to spare. I had another train to catch.
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