Here I go again
I had to rush a little to get packed and checked out, but the metro station was not far, the trains not too full – in fact line 10 was nearly empty – and so the journey to the airport was easy, and I was checked in and through security … See more...
Despite having taken off late we arrived in Shanghai on time, and soon I had found MacDonalds and Starbucks, where I met LX. We went to the Maglev train to head into to town at over 300kph.
It was a little disappointing as it didn’t feel all that much different … See more...
In the hotel in Shanghai I had my first experience of the missing dreaded number 4.
My room number was 1706, and I could see that the left-hand side of the corridor was odd numbers, I found 1705 on the left, 1710 and 1708 on the right, as I went … See more...
I had hoped to see W today, my only day available to do so, but she was so persuasive that her workplace is too far away for me to go that I got the impression she didn’t really want to see me. I was reasoning this through with myself this … See more...
YW cooked lunch for me and we had a lovely hour or so joking and eating, after which I walked with her back to her university and then came back to the hotel to rest and freshen up for this evening.
On her moments: “有朋自远方来，he has a small face，照相还躲在后面”… See more...
This morning I walked over to Yuyuan (“Yu Garden”) for a look around. I was due to meet DD, but we had to rearrange our meeting time when we realised I wouldn’t have enough time to get there.
Having explored a little, I headed over to 江苏路 (Jiangsu Road) on … See more...
After saying goodbye to DD, I met G at Hongqiao Station and we went to Zhujiajiao, a small water town not too far away (because we needed to get back for an evening meal).… See more...
In the evening G and I arrived back in Pudong.
We met up with LC and a bit later Wei Xiao Wei (微小薇) joined us. Wei Xiao Wei is known as a 网红人 in China (literally, a “Network Red Person” – an Internet Celebrity). I had helped her with … See more...
So today I left Shanghai and arrived in Hangzhou. The journey from Shanghai is not long, so there’s not much to say about it. I took a couple of photos in the station at Shanghai and a short video on the journey.
In Hangzhou I met up with CL and … See more...