SHANGHAI

29.07.07
Arrived in Shanghai this afternoon. Boat journey was awesome. Beautiful big moons both nights. Totally changed coming in to China. Very muggy, polluted, brown and busy.
Shanghai is huge and dirty; I like it. Great hostel near the Bund; free beer, decent lounge and brand new (not finished might be a better description).8 dollars a night, 20 boys per room. Ran the manager is fun and very helpful, if a little camp. Went drinking with David, Karen and Linns the Swede.
30.07.07
Visited Shanghai Museum with David and Karen. They're great travel companions and I'm glad not to be alone in Shanghai. Museum had some amazing old furniture and cool masks. Probably really old.
In town people throw rubbish everywhere. Great street food. Drink beer in the streets. Today 38 degrees and humid.
Not a word of English from taxi drivers or workers in hostel. Needed body language gestures to find toilet.
This evening met Ping (who works in the ferry gift shop) for a walk on the Bund. Bund is nice at night.Photos (from top): 1.David and Karen, excellent travel companions, 2.Dirty water coming in to China, 3.Old mask, 4.Ping and I on the Bund.