We decided to try out Shanghai's public transport system today as the roads are quite busy and the taxis aren't as cheap as Suzhou. There is however, a new and shiny underground. We had to get a taxi to the station as we were staying out of the centre a bit then we got out tickets, much like the London underground, and went to the platform. The difference there was that everything was very clean and there were automatic doors on the platform that would open to le...

New Years Day involved a long lie in. The boys had gone on clubbing after midnight and came home pretty late, Kelly and I were both tired so we watched movies while the boys slept. Today our plan was just to get to Shanghai by bus, have a dinner at a restaurant Paul loved and sleep in our hotel room.Travelling to Shanghai by bus was only a two hour affair and the bus was pretty empty so we sat in a row and chatted all the way there. My first impression of the jou...