Man Man Zou

We spent four months traveling together in China, and probably out of those 120 days (or 2880 hours), we spent about 5 hours apart. The other 2875 hours were spent side by side. Hour after hour on endless bus journeys. That’s A LOT of time together. So now that we’re apart all day as Mark is all settled back into the life of a student (and enjoying it, by the way), and I’m settled into work, I’d like to say thank you to Mark. Thank you for carrying my 50lbs of photography equipment across China without complaining. Thank you for patiently waiting while I bargain hard with a shopkeeper to save 5 cents off our water. Thank you for politely asking all those men to stop smoking on our buses. Thank you for being able to read some Chinese. Thank you for forcing me to continue my photo-of-the-day project. Thank you for stocking up on warm clothing before we went up into the mountains. Thank you for nicely talking with those people who always tried to practice their English with us. Thank you for not going to too many museums. Thank you for saying yes when I asked you to marry me. Thank you for eating all those meat dishes that were offered to us. Thank you for giving me the window seat. Thank you for being as much into photography as I am. Thank you for not arguing with me when I was in a bad mood. Thank you for being a wonderful travel companion through China!

And one more thing, thank you for being so stylin’!