Just less than two months ago, I spent countless nights planning a trip for twelve people to Philadelphia. To put it bluntly, it was a pain in the ass. Well, I got another taste of furious planning tonight. After some of us decided not to go to Hainan, we planned our own trip to Sichuan, the place I originally wanted to go. If you thought planning in the US was hard, try planning in China as a foreigner. No foreign credit cards, Chinese-speaking representatives, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. PITA indeed.