Shanghai Interlude
December 8th 2008
My cousin Alison lives in Shanghai now, with her husband Piers and their new 4-month old, Ruby. I haven't seen her in more than 5 years and since I was in the vicinity it seemed like the ideal opportunity. So after emails from Alison with some paperwork and two trips to the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, bingo: a visa. The flight is just over 2 hours and I landed at the new airport East of the
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