The night before Oct 18, I pondered whether a 28’ suitcase would fit my trip to Chengdu Worldcon or a 20’ would be sufficient since extra luggage could always be mailed back to Shanghai. I was back with the 20’ case and nothing else. The harvest could be applied to my Worldcon journey, too, in a most disappointing way. I’ll start with my taxi experiences. Venue was located 30 km away from downtown, which prevented me from staying at my friend’s house. I didn’t think about it much, just booked a hotel 2km from the place. A volunteer pointed to a wrong place where I called a taxi and watched the taxi go round and round for 20 minutes on Gaode map. I then canceled the order, realizing the blocked road surrounding the place was not marked ‘blocked’ so navigation kept directing through roads that driver was not allowed in. I started from two blocks away and got another taxi to the hotel. This was the first day. After the Hugo award ceremony, I met a friend who kindly walked me all the ...