Back to Shanghai for some of Pete and Ros' home cooking and to do our washing before setting off for Vietnam.

This afternoon we went to the fabric market to order suits for the wedding. The minute we entered the building we were besieged by vendors, but Pete went to a tailor he has used before. Fabric chosen, Andy & I disappeared while Pete got on with the serious business of haggling. At one point he walked away, but the tailor didn't want to lose an order for 5 suits, waistcoats, shirts and ties when she had already taken measurements for two of them. The flower...

Saturday evening and everyone was at the Bund, the old colonial waterfront on the Huangpu river. The skyscrapers in the photos are in the Lujiazui district, with three of the world's tallest skyscrapers close together near the iconic Shanghai Pearl TV mast. We went on the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel to the opposite side where the futuristic buildings are used as film sets. The ride itself was....odd! We ate dumplings at Din Tai Fung in the Shanghai World Finance ...

Saturday evening and everyone was at the Bund, the old colonial waterfront on the Huangpu river. The skyscrapers in the photos are in the Lujiazui district, with three of the world's tallest skyscrapers close together near the iconic Shanghai Pearl TV mast. We went on the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel to the opposite side where the futuristic buildings are used as film sets. The ride itself was....odd! We ate dumplings at Din Tai Fung in the Shanghai World Finance ...

Today Ros took us to the Stationery market. 3 floors of kiosks selling everything and anything loosely connected with office or school supplies. Amazing, I've never seen so many variations on pen, pencil and notebook. All through the tourist areas we were offered 'genuine Rolex watch' and 'handabag' and clip on wheels to go on our shoes. We then visited the 'embellishments' market to get the net for the wedding. There were stalls with buttons, buckles and baubles...