Shanghai

The Shanghai skyline, looking back from Pudong to the Bund

Nanjing Lu, China's number 1 shopping street

Shanghai Museum

Looking from Renmin Park towards the Bund

The huge and mental Pearl Tower, a symbol of modern Shanghai

Went to Shanghai last Saturday - caught the train - and met up with a friend of Aytuns. A great day was had - it's big and busy and kind of reminded me of Istanbul.

Highlights - a woman brandishing a calculator at me in a market and saying "best price, best price" - what for I have no idea, she could have been selling the calculator, herself, her dog!

Some street boys had been paid to hand out flyers, they were quite taken with Aytun and pestered us a bit and gave me loads of flyers. I then amused them greatly by joining in with the handing out of flyers - people were surprised into accepting them!

Wandering along the Bund and looking at the crazy syline - think the bosphorus with crazy big skyscrapers and old colonial buildings. Awesome and neon everywhere.

We then got a ferry across the river and the woman in the litle shop rtied to refuse to sell me a beer, but I was beligerent and annoying than her and she was unable to ignore me for ever. I won and got my beer.

Got the tube back across town - very good and quick. And then we got the train home, all in all a super day.

Will be going back soon.