Lazy Day

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14.5.14



Many riders have now arrived. A mixed crew, so spent the morning meeting others. It sounds as though there is a broad range of experience, with many having done some extended distance journeys. Imagine it might make it difficult for the tour leader, so hopefully the personalities will be supportive rather than disruptive.



A lazy day with local wandering. Yu Garden seems like it is tourist central, with the tourists being out of town Chinese. Saw some exquisite small tea pots, however they were expensive at $400- up. Also interesting revolutionary posters and bourgeois, decadent posters, but doubt we have the wall space!



Went for an early evening wander through the market contemplating dinner. Met a fellow rider in front of a chicken salesman. Whilst standing talking, he slit a live chicken's throat, bleed it out, rinsed it in boiling water to remove its feathers, gutted it, segmented its limbs and body and sold the pieces all within 5 minutes, put me off my food for the evening, so settled for a cold Shanghai beer, before settling in for an early night. Life on the streets here is very confronting! I can only ponder on what else I will see!

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Comments

[Georgie]

Ewwwwwww no wonder it put you off your food!!!