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Asia, part II: China (1)

Richard Rosss
2006-04-03 13:36:05

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about 20 folks drinking in hostel. We drank till 10ish then went to windo's for some cheap beer then window's roadside on Maoming Lu -crazy place and I had too many tequila's! Place was full of westerners adn chinese women looking for Western men for their passports. Left there at 4ish...

6/4 - No more beers!

Today was just a day of recovering and chatting about the previous nite - it started late and finished early, which was fine as the weather wasn't too great... It was funny to hear how drunk we were last nite. Went shopping round Yu Gardens (via dumpling shop) Back to hostel for some more sleep then went to hotpot place with 9 others from hostel. Nice and cheap. You cook meats/vegs + noodles in a soup pot bubbling away on the table.

7/4 - Travellers Life
After getting up late at 11ish (the cleaners had come and gone!), I headed to the dumpling shop for brekkie - I amgonna marry that girl! Went to the Shanghai Museam. Pretty swish place and loads of stuff on porcelian/jade/pottery/coins and art. Good for a few hours, then its culture overload! Back to hostel for dinner/chat and diary catch up.

8/4 - After a usual slow start I caught the bus to Shanxi rd. This is where all the markets are - huge,selling all kinds of fake stuff. Pretty good stuff there! Also niteclub/bar area is nearby, so I checked them out and tried to remember where I went to on Sat. Checked out the wee frenchtown area, then back to base. Chatted with folks till about 1ish.

9/4 - Last nite I noticed that my rash under my arm had come back, so I headed to the Shanghai peoples hospital. Plush place in compaism to the local one. I had a quick chat with Doc, who prescribed me with some drugs. Loads of SARS precautions here - kinda scary! Cost around Y330 (or 25 quid).

Back to hostel for brekkie and shower. On email then grabbed lunch with some of the guys. Slept for a bit today, then watched confesstions of an assasin on somebody's laptop - good movie!

10/4 - Kath's arrival

On my strict regime of anti-biotics, so I will have to delay the drinking for a while...not!. Met Menno (from Magnetic Island, whom had just arrived!) and went for a wee wonder round town. Went to meet Kath at thedomestic airport - which proved to be a challenge. There were several routes served by the same bus, and I kept on getting on the wrong bus...I was dropped off to soon as wellso I walked to the airport via the taxi q and met a distressed Kath whose luggage was in Beijing...funny place for your bags to go! [they arrived the next day at the hostel].

Sat on the net for a while and then grabbed some dinner. Chatted for a bit, then she passed out, so I went and watched fight club for a while...

11/4 - 3rd tallest building in the world.
Went for a wander round the old part of town, where we got lost in the small back streets - cool places! Introduced Kath to my fiancee at the dumpling place, then headed back to the hostel for Kath to change with newly arrived bag. Headed across Huangpo river with some others to Pudong. Went for a walk up the Jimmao tower (biggie!) Views were partially obsecured by all the smog, but the views of thebund were stll good. The view into the hotel lobby were impressive. The hyatt occupies floors 54-87 and has a lobby at the bottom with crazy lights all the way up...
Went to a hotpot place with some chaps - nice! Back to hostel for some beers then headed to windows for some cheap beer. Chatted/danced and watched all the western men with Chinese women. Kath and I seemed to be more drunk than we expected, so at closing (2am) we headed to bed.