African Mailmen Suck Too
On one of the last days of our Asia trip, I sent a letter out to the African Hag, who lives in Africa. (Go figure.) I knew that it would probably take a while to reach her, but I wasn't sure how long. I mailed it from Hong Kong which I thought would have a better mail system than mainland China.
Well, just this week I was thrilled to see a letter from her in my mailbox. Except, wait. That's not a letter to her from me. That's my letter to her sent from Hong Kong.
I don't know why it was returned to me. I think I wrote the address exactly as she gave it to me. Surely it wasn't a matter of too little postage. If so, how did it make it all the way back to me in the States? I do admit that I am impressed the whole return address thing worked. Her letter was the only one I mailed from Asia on which I put my return address. So, at least it was returned to me instead of sitting in some African Dead Letter Office.
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Well, just this week I was thrilled to see a letter from her in my mailbox. Except, wait. That's not a letter to her from me. That's my letter to her sent from Hong Kong.
I don't know why it was returned to me. I think I wrote the address exactly as she gave it to me. Surely it wasn't a matter of too little postage. If so, how did it make it all the way back to me in the States? I do admit that I am impressed the whole return address thing worked. Her letter was the only one I mailed from Asia on which I put my return address. So, at least it was returned to me instead of sitting in some African Dead Letter Office.
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4 Comments:
Well, Poly said he sent a post card from China to us, and we never got it.
I did receive mine! Those Japanese postmen are soooo efficient.
I never got the one I sent to my house either. I should've noted which postcards I sent from which places to see if a hotel just dropped the ball on the sending... We did't get ours. Bummer.
Where are you HnB???
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