there's something about china that hasn't failed to make me ill. i had a fever the last time i went to beijing, and this trip to shanghai saw me coming down with a bad flu and a hacking cough. *blows nose violently*
it's a good thing my hotel was great. a nice clean chinesey room with a big comfy bed and all the amenities one would need. i walked into the bathroom and was greeted by two rubber duckies with "take me home" tags round their necks.
they're sitting in my luggage right now. very cute.
shanghai itself was terribly hot and hazy - the dirty air certainly didn't do my throat any good. the people in the streets (and there were MILLIONS of them!) picked their noses in the open, and spat on every surface in sight. they spoke so loudly and sharply that they sounded like they're quarelling even when they weren't. and when they were, ear plugs wouldn't have kept their voices from hurting your ears.
i managed to convince 3 of the other crew to join me in exploring qi pu lu, which is like the lousier version of beijing's xiu shui. didn't buy much other than a necklace and a flower-pin. the clothes they sold were....weird...
was feeling all grimy by the time we went back to the hotel after a quick dinner. took a good shower and a nap before heading out again, this time to meet *drum roll* TINY!!! haha he happened to be in shanghai, so i had someone to hang out with, and and laugh at (whenever he attempted to speak mandarin) haha. we checked out a very empty vault bar at the bund where he had to finish my lychee martini for me, then went to mint (apparently THE place to be on a wednesday night).
mint was so full of expats that it didn't feel like shanghai at all. the asians there weren't hot, and the music kinda sucked, but everyone else seemed smashed and happy and it was good getting a glimpse of the shanghai nightlife - certainly wouldn't have had the chance to do so if tiny wasn't there! =P
think i would have enjoyed shanghai a whole lot more if i was feeling better, and if i had more time and not have to be back at the hotel to catch a 2-hour rest before flight. but ah well. off to beijing again next week, with hope, i won't still be ill then!
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