Before I left, my parents made absolutely clear to me that I have to take care of my valuables ... especially money, passport and credit card. Nowadays all money issues can be quite easily solved if you are in Shanghai... The only thing your REALLY don t want to loose is your passport...
So guess what............... after this amazing evening in the jazz bar.. i was checking my inside pocket of my jacket and of course my passport was gone... A bit nervous i started checking all my pockets, bags and my room... but NOTHING. The only place to loose it was the Jazz Bar... therefore straight to the bar. Unfortunately the janitor spoke only Chinese and could not really help us. Therefore i had to return at 4 when the bar opens. Meanwhile we took a walk through Shanghai... but actually i could not really enjoy it as my thoughts were still on my lost passport and the possible consequences.
At 4 I went there again.... but unfortunately nobody had seen it, but they kept my details in case they would find something. I was absolutely desperate. I went back home to the hostel to check the internet for possible solution. By then I started to recognize the dimension of the problem. A new passport would take around 3 weeks to receive and I would have to show my original birth certificate which I don t carry with me on my trip. An emergency passport would only take me home but not to any other country. To stay until I receive a new passport, the duration of my visa will expire, but I can t get it extended as I don t have the passport or the visa anymore, but i can also not simply fly home, as I don t have the visa anymore and they need it to allow me to fly home. so basically I am trapped... can t stay but can t go anywhere else either..... I WANT MY PASSPORT back!!!!!!!
In the meantime a Chinese friend of Fabi came by and took us for nice Chinese dinner. Actually i didn t feel like going for dinner at all... but just to take off my mind of my passport i joined. The restaurant was pretty fancy and as we didn t have a dinner reservation we had to wait for an hour. In the lobby they provided you with drinks (on the house) and games. So I started to learn the basics of Chinese chess. But i got confused by the characters.
The restaurant is huge and apart from us there are no westeners. In the table there is a sort of fondue pot included which is filled with fish soup. We ordered various kinds of meat (beef, chicken and lamm) which is than put into the soup to cook. In the soup there is also fish with bones. Fabis Chinese friend simply spits the bones on the table !!! We are surprised but pretend that this is absolutely normal for us!!!!
After the dinner Chang (Fabi's Chinese friend) has to leave so we are again heading to the jazz bar first of all to check whether they found my passport and secondly because Fabi arranged a Jam-Session with the band. When we arrive there I ask again for my passport... but the waiters shake negating their heads. BUT suddenly a guy shows up waving my passport...“are you looking for that?“ , GOD DAMN YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was soo happy that i treated myself again with a 8 euro beer!!!!!!!
Meanwhile Fabi prepared his mind to play for the first time in front of an audience. Pls check out the fotos..... very good .... and defenitely a highlight !!!!
Fortunately everything is okay again and i will keep my passport from now on in the hostel safe! j don t care anymore about rules that you actually need to be able to show it any time...... it is simply to dangerous to loose it!!
Kisses from Shanghai
Keine Kommentare:
Kommentar veröffentlichen