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A taxi driver in Xi'an gave me the most confusing directions of my life
Last fall, I was trying to get to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and my driver, Mr. Li, insisted on explaining the route using food. He said, 'Go straight like a noodle for two lights, then turn soft like tofu at the roundabout.' I was so lost trying to picture it! He drew a little map on a napkin with a dumpling where the pagoda was. We got there, but it took an extra 15 minutes because I kept looking for a literal noodle shop. Has anyone else gotten hilariously creative directions from a local somewhere in China?
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the_fiona7d ago
That dumpling map is actually kind of genius. Got lost in Chengdu once because a guy told me to turn left "where the old tree used to be." Spoiler, the tree was gone. You just have to roll with it, their way makes perfect sense to them.
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aaron6777d ago
Wait, is Chengdu known for dumplings? I always thought that was more of a northern China thing, with Sichuan focusing on hot pot and mapo tofu. Maybe the dumpling map was for a specific local spot?
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