What an adventure so far! When I arrived at SFO to transfer planes I asked if I could switch to a window seat. They took my ticket and when it was time to board called me forward and issued a new ticket, bumping me up to Economy Plus! Yay! I managed to sleep most of the way aside from a girl who kept clearing her throat who was sitting behind me. Loud enough to startle me awake, very gutteral! The food was good, they fed us 3 meals and a few snacks, I watched Marie Attoinette, fell asleep, woke up to watch Idiocracy on my iPod, then began to watch Stranger Than Fiction on the plane screen, but I think they drug the food, and I was back to sleep. Kelley met me at the airport, ... read more

Now if I can just find my passport! So please send me good Juju or whatever, I still need to get my VISA. Ack! I've started to compile a list of places or things I'd like to see: The Jade Buddha Temple Blind Man Healing Massage Center Shanghai Museum of Public Security Confucian Temple Bund Tourist Tunnel Bund Museum French Concession Yu Yuan Garden Shanghai Circus World - must catch a show of the Acrobatics Troupe! Oriental Pearl TV Tower and museum People's Square Shanghai Museum Pudong Tourist Tunnel (is this the same place as the Bund Tourist Tunnel, I bet it is) Xiang Yang Market Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall Hua Ming Building Hard Rock Cafe Morning Tai Chi at the Bund And a trip out of town to Tong Li to see of ... read more