Blogs from Shanghai, China, Asia

Det billige og lidt langsomme tog fra Hangzhou satte os af kun et par metrolinier fra vores couchsurfer i Shanghai. Han var dog ikke i byen i hverdagene, og vi ankom en torsdag. Derfor skulle hans kinesiske nabo hente os. Men pga. misforståelser sad vi foran Exit 2 i et stykke tid. Der sad også en anden udlænding, tydeligvis i samme situation som os, ventende på at blive hentet af en eller anden. Lige pludselig kom der en kineser hen til udgangen, og vi håbede virkelig, at det var vores couchsurfers ven, fordi det var ved at blive mørkt. Desværre tog han fat i den anden udlænding, og de smuttede. De nåede dog kun få meter væk før de stoppede og begyndte at tale, hvilket fik dem til at komme tilbage. Kineseren kom hen til os ... read more

Lewis was being pulled off the pole and put at the last on the grip, thanks to Mclaren's stupid boss Whitmars under fueling his car ... They managed to screw him up again.. Very successfully ... What's the heck wrong with Mclaren this year ? A top team, but somehow can't even manage the car's fueling ?? Whitmarsh should be fired !!!! Idiot ! Mad.... Not much interet left in watching today's F1 race..... Viv/Sloan at Big Bamboo !!... read more

Lewis Hamilton's gonna be on the pole at tomorrow's race !! Well... this is nothing new anymore, Lewis has won almost all pole position except for Shanghai GP, but after 4 races already, he still hasn't been able to win any of the races so far.... Please hope tomorrow he will eventually win, he deserves to win, only if Mclaren team doesn't screw him up tomorrow as they always did .... I am quite concerned with Lewis's car, seems something wrong with his car.. hopefully i wouldn't hear nay news about some of kind of gearbox change penalty tomorrow morning when I got up ... I just cannot take another ridiculous shock on this any more ... Anyway, I think tomorrow's race is gonna be fun to watch, shocking thing is that the driver came second ... read more

Newsletter 24 Drugs… One of my favorite movies of all time would have to be “Ferris Bueller’s Day off.” Fate knows that if I had the opportunity to pull of what Ferris did I would have. Nevertheless I digress; I shall now get to the point. One of my favorite scenes involves Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey. When she finally asks him why he was at the police station he replied: Drugs. While I do not recommend anyone go out and use controlled substances I know of no other way to describe the city of Shanghai. On my fourth day in Chuzhou it was now time to get on the train for my destination. The feeling of getting on the train and going to the city was very much like a child waiting for Christmas to ... read more

So we arrived in Wuhan, christ when was it, Tuesday 24th April. Aye. After looking around for a bus with no joy, we headed to the taxi rank. Looking like a flock of lost lambs, an English speaking Chinese woman came over to offer some assistance. She phoned the hostel for us and set us up in a taxi which was awfy kind of her. The thing we failed to notice when booking our tickets was that this railway station was a solid hour away from the hostel, thank god for good ol' cheap Chinese taxis. Checked into the hostel, not the best start, toilet didnt flush, air-con wouldn't turn on, mozzies galore and a hornet the size of my fist fizzing about the place, had to expend half of my insect repellent just to fell ... read more

May 27 - maybe a bit city tour and a relaxing Thai massage after? Ha - Wat Phra Kaew, A.K.A, Emerald Budda - seriously don't know how to pronounce that ... But it must be very crowded over there.. have to get up really early to avoid the crowd!! - Grand Palace - Thompson's House - I am more interested in what happend to him rather his house. Rumor has it that one day he was just walking on some street in Malaysia and suddenly disappeared and no one saw him thereafter, and in the same year his sister being murdered in USA... he used to work for CIA... um... feels like one of those hollywood conspiracy moive.. ha - China Town? I do wanna go check out, but if it's too hot or too crowded.... ... read more

The very far east of Shanghai - we ride all the way in hard trails reaching to this piece of land - wild, calm nothing else; beautiful seasonal birds resting throughout the wetlands, probably the most pleasant field for buffalos, unwind scenes without seeing any boundaries - this is perhaps the last paradise out of Shanghai. Completing a total 72 kms in and out on rough trails, bypassing few villages, probably one of the best ride so far in a 1-hour reachable distance out of greater Shanghai area. Yet, best transportation to feel the touch - on a mountain bike, no others.... read more