Blogs from Shanghai, China, Asia - page 272

Dave isn't able to update this just yet but when he got in touch with us to let us know he arrived, he told us that he'd already eaten duck's intestines, bullfrog and baby eels! And he was still alive the next day...... read more

We had ice-cream! Tsk tsk, I don't know what you were expecting to read after the title! Actually, before that we bummed out at home until afternoon because it was hot, and then we were dropped off at a subway station to make our way to Huai Hai Lu (Road) to shop and poke around. We were going to take a taxi there but I insisted on trying the subway which wasn't a great idea but an adventure nonetheless: Candy can't really read Chinese so poor Flo had to open up the map like a tourist and figure out which stop we needed, and then which line it was since it wasn't labelled or colour-coded on the map (boo hoo), and the $#@% "lady" at the ticket window didn't help, just grunted and took my money ... read more

Hi all, Been keeping busy for the past couple of days - yesterday we went to a street market (forget the name!) which sold lots of fake designer bags and accessories as well as some clothing. Had to bargain hard for good prices, but the rewards were great - "Louis Vuitton" sunglasses for Candy started off at RMB$220 but went down to $50 which is ~CDN$8. I got two small "Coach" handbags for ~CDN$8 as well, and some other things for gifts for my lady friends - you'll just have to see what you get when I return ;) We also went to the Shanghai Science and Technology Centre which wasn't great and a ripoff for RMB$60 (~CDN$10)... it's sort of like Science World but more technical and dry. I've probably just outgrown things like that... ... read more

8:00am Pudong International Airport. My sister left to KL. I saw her off. I'm all alone 10:00am Xintiandi I couldn't go back to bed. Despite having only slept for 3 hours (since i was writing and planning till late last night and my sister needed me to see her off), China was waiting to be explored. I thought i had everything well planned out. I made my way to Huai Hai road and wanted to get the subway to Pudong and visit the aquarium, observatory, museaum and zoo. But hey, museaums?? aquariums?? zoos!!?? Somethings not right. I made my way back to Xintiandi and asked Ms Grace for assistance. Ms Grace is the receptionist at Xintiandi Lobby. I told her "I want to go to village". She quickly scribbled something in chinese and told me to ... read more

10:00am Xintiandi I got up, and headed towards the Jade Buddha Temple. Apparently according to this magazine i read, they have a 1.2 meter fully jade buddha statue there and i thought what the hey, lets just go! Took the subway from Huai Hai to HangZhong and walked aimlessly for another hour. Fuck. The TOURIST MAP SUCKS. There are WAY too many roads here than drawn on the map. After walking and walking i stopped and asked a traffic attendant for directions. I showed the map and he didnt know what i was talking about. I closed my hands together and mimicked the kow tow to buddha action. He said Phu Sha!! Which i assume means Buddha. He pointed down the street and i walked aimlessly another thirty minutes. Finally i decided, FUCK im gonna get ... read more