hut one, hut two...

***this is duffy writing, not kate***

hello everyone. kate has gone to beijing this weekend to drop off her indian visa application at the 'Visa Hut' outside the indian embassy. this is actually what their website calls the place where you drop off and pick up visas. you'd think that the two most populous countries in the world would have enough visa requests that they couldn't use a 'hut', but they don't.

anyway, i'd thought i'd take the opportunity to talk about another 'hut' on our campus. this year, a pizza hut has opened here. not the international chain restaurant, but an actual hut that sells pizza. not only does it sell pizza, you can make photocopies, print, and use the long-distance phone center. this restaurant, and others like it, are probably the best feature of living at the campus. there are an amazing amount of boiled, fried, and steamed dumpling stands, noodles, boiled and fried, fried rice, large pieces of steamed dough, a rice-stuffed, egg-wrapped food called a dou pi, and a lot of different deep-fried pieces of dough all for less than a quarter. there are a lot of places in wuhan that are nicer to eat, but very few campuses have the variety that this campus does. our chinese friends who visit from other campuses have commented on how great the food prices and selection are for us. sadly, many of the small food vendors are being forced to move as the campus expands. those construction cranes in the background are a few of about 15 on our campus. however, the vendors are very clever. as soon as one area is turned into a 15 story building, another food area springs up. now that it's summer, there are also a lot of night markets opening, but more about them another time.

*unfortunately, our pizza hut doesn't deliver, or have cheese.