Sorry for the long post – I’ve been writing this for a couple of days but haven’t been able to post anything because WordPress (as well as Facebook) is blocked in China.
In the last 36 hours, I’ve walked over 5 miles around the city of Shanghai, rode the subway 8 times, used my first squat toilet, visited a museum with some beautiful Chinese art, been asked by a Chinese businessman if I was in to S&M (I think), walked down the busiest street in the world, been scammed by four people that I thought I had made fast friends with, sloppily ate several rounds of soup dumplings, visited the world’s highest observation deck, and had three nose bleeds from breathing in the horrific air pollution.
All I can say is, it was a bizarre start to my epic adventure! (more…)