Shanghai - Day 4 (Today!!!) I went to bed very very early last night, because I was bored and I didnt fancy sitting drinking on my own in the hostel bar. I, therefore, got up at 7.00 this morning and was on the way to the metro by 8.00. The metro system here is excellent. Large trains, with air con, with good annoucements, good directions etc. At 8.00 though, it was jam packed with commuters. I visited a temple first thing, which was actually given some space a...

Shanghai - Day 2 & 3 Ok, I thought I would try and split the days up a bit to make it more obvious when I have added new material and to make it more accessible to you. I visited the Shanghai Museum in the morning, which was excellent. Very like the British Museum in London, set in a strange looking building in People's Square. The square is an enormous area, which is also home to the Theatre, the Art Museum, and the City Planning exhibition centre. My afte...

Dear avid followers, I fail to be able to keep up with myself on the blog. The internet being down yesterday did not help. I would also be uploading more photos to flickr if it didnt take an hour to do ten photos. I have hundreds on the camera and am beginning to think I will run out before long. Some have already corrupted and have been lost forever :-( I think it is more likely to be the slow computers than the internet connection. This is of course a modern c...