Geo: 30.0754, 120.177Today we were up early as again Clint was excited to be visiting Mr Tong's factories, so we were picked up then we went shopping to the phone shop as we now had Cookie as our bargaining lady, we bought a few Apple products then left the city area and headed to the first factory which was where they make Plastic curtain parts, then next we had some lunch to share and next was the Tape Factory where Curtain Tapes were produced, one of which is our wave tape( Remfold ). I certainly wouldn't like to re-thread this machine if the thread broke, hundreds of clear threads on this machine.Next was where metal rods and finials are produced, this place was massive with lots of workers having their tea break at 4.30pm re starting ... read more

Geo: 31.2222, 121.458Today we had lots to do before leaving Shanghai, a quick breakfast then took the subway to Lujiazui as this is down by The Bund and also the TV Tower, we bought tickets to go into the tower for the view, extremely quick lift to 263metres, luckily for us the smog wasn't too bad. We then went up to 351 metres where for some strange reason we had to wear covers on our shoes ! Then down to 259m where there was an outdoor viewing platform with a clear glass floor, that was amazing! Next was to exit down in the lift, that was fun, hundreds of school kids and so noisy, always someone has somebody closer to the front and they have to push through, so we were jammed in tight and then ... read more

Geo: 31.2119, 121.546Today was the start of the R&T Asia Expo, we caught the courtesy bus to the expo and was overwhelmed with the thousands of people here, got our tickets and went through all the halls, with exhibitors showing blinds, roller blinds, roller doors, motors, curtain hardware, flooring, etc the list just goes on. The other 2 sides of the expo, was flooring and carpet which we didn't go in.Clint stayed at expo talking to many companies and looking at new products. Meanwhile I left and went on subway by myself and only went to the next stop as there was a market there, I couldn't have been in a shopping mood as I didn't buy anything!I then went back on subway for another 3 stops to the Super Mall and when I came up ... read more

Geo: 39.9165, 116.391We woke up early to get to have breakfast as we had an early pickup for a tour of the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and Tiannamen Square, we waited in the lobby earlier than required, but started to wonder whether we would be getting picked up at about 8.30am, and went to enquire at the reception, they tried calling for us as it was in Chinese, but no one was answering as it was Sunday, so we waited until 9am or so, checked again even on the internet, but then we decided to buy another tour as we were forgotten about, so the next tour was only for the Mutianyu Great Wall, not including any lunch, we bought some sandwiches, not being able to read what they were, but it was tuna! We ... read more

Geo: -34.872, 138.664Well what they say about jet lag is true!! We woke up today at 12.15pm after getting a phone call from Carolyn !! Couldn't believe it, but was good to finally get some sleep. We again had a lazy day and did some washing then went to the shops to buy a stack of food. It was a beautiful day so later we sat out in the warm sunshine, soaking up some vitamin D !!Work tomorrow , time for bed ��... read more