I came back to Lijiang and came to a small hotel at the recommendation of a new friend. He said the owners whom he just met 2 weeks ago are now like his parents.
The hotel turned out to be quite a heartbreak hotel.
The two owners, in their late 30s, were both in the publishing industry in Beijing. Disenchanted with their jobs, they quit 6 months ago and moved to Lijiang. They took over a small hotel and are enjoying their new-found freedom.
The male owner has the bright and forthright personality of a good Beijinger; ready to love, ready to anger. The female owner, a wise and compassionate listener. This combination quickly became a gift to travellers with all kinds of heartaches.
They said many people come to Lijiang to heal. A University freshman told them of his unrequited love on his first night of stay, rounds of jokes and drinks cheered him up they said; A man in his 30s flew to Lijiang a few days after his wife asked for a divorce, he chanced upon this hotel and poured his heart out. These are just two of the stories, and they've only been in business for 6 months.
It certainly sounds more like a Chicken-soup kind of tale. Last night though, I experienced it first-hand when the rounds of home-made dumplings and local liquor shared among a group of 5 travellers (me included) and the 2 owners, turned into a scene with a mother of a two-year-old crying her heart out on my shoulders, and the two owners repspespectively offering their tough love and gentle comforts. The scene quickly repeated itself when the other woman also sat down with the panel of 3 counsellors whom she respectively called, 老爸 Pup, 老妈 Mum and 香港人 Hong Kong person.
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3 comments:
I was telling a friend about my cool sis's adventure in china. He simply thinks it's a waste of time and money.
But I think hving an experience like this can easily worth more than money or luxury. You're amzing!
so hv you throw ur heart out and let them heal you?
But I have no heartbreak stories to share yet
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