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Asia, part II: China (1)

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

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30th - Moved into Captain's hostel - more like a hostel in Oz - and went for a beer on the roof with an ozzie guy from my room. It was hot and sunny today. The view was awesome - overlooking the Bund and Pudong (where all the skyscrapers are!) Went for a walk along the Bund (by the river) where every chinese person and their dog was, taking fotos and just watching the buildings. Checked it out for a while then walked to the Bund history museam.

Went to the Irish bar, O'Malleys to watch England Vs Ireland rubgy - cracking game, although the result wasn't what we wanted! Loads of ex-pats there; some were temp working whilst others were living here.

31st - After a late start, i checked out the internet and found a great dumpling shop where I could feast for about 20p. Bought a couple of Mao watches for Kath and I as we start our Chinese mystery tour next week and then wandered thru the main shopping streets - which seemed to be full of McD's and KFC (both are always full!) adn thru some mkts where u can buy fake designer gear for a few pounds.

Went on a quick walk with a couple of guys from the room to the old part of Shanghai with all the windy lanes and 2 storey buildings that look as if they should fall down. Loads of small little shops there, selling nan bread and fruit - yum!

Back to hostel and watched the others get very drunk (I am still dry, for almost 2 weeks now) and partied with them until we got kicked out of lobby. We went to rm where it got realy messy, thankfully I escaped at 1ish.

1/4 - April Fools Day - Bought my tkts for nanjing today - piece of cake. Sat on internet for 1.5hrs then thought about going to museam, but alas, by the time I was going to get there at 2.30pm, it was going to be shut in a couple of hrs after. So I wandered round the side streets some more then headed back and chatted with Eto, the Japanese guy in my rm.

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