Days unknown – July 9-10th
Went into Ling Yin Friday so I could just wake up and meet up with the group for our trip to Shanghai. We took the high speed train which took about 45 minutes to get to Shanghai and had one stop maybe 2. I really think just 2. I sat by the window and apparently was terrified of each train that just happened to pass us.
We arrived in Shanghai unscathed and began our adventure.
Wow so took a trip by high speed rail to Shanghai this past weekend.
This was my first train ride. I felt like a dork because I sat next to the window and would jump every time a train would pass us. I believe the top speed was around 350 km/h.
As soon as we arrived we started a fun trek into an amazing supermarket. I found tons of cereals that weren't just different brandings of frosted flakes. Though they were significantly pricier than Hangzhou Tower's 50 kuai (less than 6 USDs but still). They even had Milka chocolates. Mmm chocolate. Soooo many delicious imported goods.
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Dumplings and egg rolls yuuum
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We got better deliciousness at this fairly upscale restaurant that I have completely forgotten the name for. It was really pretty and it was weird to hear so many people using English that weren't Laowai :P
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Soup filled dumplings
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Soy sauce wasn't so great with these though. I think the soup mixed with my soy sauce and made it really bitter or I may have accidentally grabbed the vinegar. After our rather quick lunch (quick because we were all apparently starved) we made our way down the street towards our Hostel. It had a really cool hallway of what I'm assuming to be old traditional Chinese statues that were lit up in a very museum like manner. Though that left the rest of the hallway in darkness.
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Sorry that it's rotated stupidly
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We dropped off our things then we tried to make our way to the People's park to check out some museums. Before we actually made it there we stopped to check out an odd gathering of people.
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Yes this is a giant plate
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We were sort of being silly and ran over to sit down on the bench.
People surrounding the area trying to figure out what it was about immediately started taking photos of us and then photos of our group taking photos. It was a giant yo dawg we heard you like--- moment.
It was a lot of fun living it up in the limelight, especially since we earned some very sought after bug spray. Yaaay for finding an OFF advertisement and getting free repellent. I was not dinner that night at the Bund.
Before we got to the Bund we ended up getting bubble tea, stopping at an underground market of sorts, attempted to find a KFC for another bubble tea in the Hershey's store/shopping complex, and found the abstract art museum with an exhibit called the Tao of Nature.
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These statues were near the bathrooms
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The bathroom walls were covered in slang/inappropriate words with details depending on gender. There were little buses cruising along the walls.
And a random assortment of household items painted white dangling on a wall.
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Once again apologies for unrotated annoying
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Modern art is odd but definitely fun sometimes. There were these cases of prehistoric fossils. An actual fossil along with something of pop culture relation like a pikachu fossil next to a plant one.
We left for the Bund! It was really gorgeous and rather phallic. Bad placement of the globes or great placement?
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