Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Hi sayang

Hi sayang,

I am in Kanas. My road trip has gone wrong, really wrong. I made a simple mistake by not double-checking the distance and by relying on the app. Every kilometre turned out to be almost double. I tried to avoid changing hotels every day, but I ended up moving from one hotel to another repeatedly. My wife has a fever, possibly due to the temperature. 

I wanted to watch the sunrise, but none of the teenage kids wanted to come with me. The young adult seems bored and is not interested in this road trip. So far, they are not enjoying it at all. I was excited to start this road trip, but things have not gone well. I think I should have sent them to summer camp instead of bringing them with me.

Today, I discovered another detour—again, the distance is double. The worst part is that I just found out only vehicles with seven seats or fewer can pass through the Duku Highway. I planned to use this route to return to Urumqi, but now I need to review and reroute everything. It has become very tiring. How was your coffee? Did everything go well?

I hope you are enjoying your day, dearest.
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“You came, by chance, into my life of which I was not proud, and from that day something began to change. I have breathed better, I have hated things less. I have admired more freely what deserved admiration.” — Albert Camus to Maria Casarès, 1949