Shanghai - we are still here
Since we liked the “vibe” of the city along with its sights and museums, we decided to stay another day.
The heat wave has passed, and theoretically we should be exploring today. Yet - after four days of marching through the city - we have decided to take the day off sight-seeing. Instead, we had a leisurely brunch at Costa Coffee and went back to the Hotel to read and relax. Then dinner at a very nice Indian Resturant in the French Quater...
The rate of change in this city is incredible. Yesterday, we went to the South Long Distance Bus Station to book a ticket, but it turned out to be a building site. Thus we decieded to buy a ferry ticket to Nanjing, and were very proud of ourselves to find the booking office address, but this turned out to be yet another building site! Later it turns out contrary to a lot of guide books and info on the web, there is no boat/ferry to Nanjing, which is a shame.
Despite the heat and frustrations of the moving transport hubs, this is a very special city. At times you could believe that you are in a trendy part of Europe, but then you get other parts which look just like any other large Chinese city. I get the impression that if/when we return we will see yet another Shanghai.
Tomorrow we’re heading to Yangzhou, a small town on the Great Canal, where we’re going to break our journey on our way to Qingdao.
The great china firewall seems to be playing up again, and no more flickr for a while... we are trying our best to work around this!
Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of China with Johanna and Lee!
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