Exactly two weeks ago, I embarked on a five-month backpacking journey, just me and a big ol’ backpack. My adventures began in Ningbo, China, an old port city just south of Shanghai, where my good friends, Jared and Beanke, live. Friends Like These I’d be remiss to not give a shout-out to these lovely humans. I met both of them in Korea. Jared worked at my hagwon, and he became a sort of guiding spirit for me after he observed an online class I taught. He told me that I’m a gr