Mao's plane
9 September 2012
Just over a week ago I tried to find the aerospace museum and found an empty field. Today after some extensive research, I almost didnt find it ag....
American TV advertisements
8 September 2012
This evening I headed out early just around the local area enjoying the busy part of Shanghai on a Saturday night. There was a ridiculous amount o....
Back to the start
8 September 2012
Today was a long boring day getting back to Shanghai. I am now back in the same hotel as 9 days ago. My train wasnt until 2pm, the earliest I coul....
Almost missed the best bit
7 September 2012
My hotel is near Wulin square which as I have repeatedly mentioned, is now a meteor sized crater. At the other end of a trench you can surely see ....
My own personal cave
7 September 2012
I originally set out just to hang out by the lake and snap photos of people taking photos of smog. However after watching the musical fountain and....
Somehow no pollution
6 September 2012
Late afternoon the pollution started to clear. Amazingly by dark it was gone, I could see stars. Either it was stars or I have stuck pixels in my ....
The great buddah scam
6 September 2012
I did two activities in the day today. The first one was great, the mountain area on the northern shore of the West lake. The second activity, aft....
Best meal ever?
5 September 2012
Hangzhou is huge. Like many Chinese cities there is a new city area, which is far away from the old city area. In Hangzhou I estimate its about 15....
The lake in the fog
5 September 2012
The west lake is the #1 tourist attraction in all of China if you believe the signs. I kind of struggle to accept more people come here than say, ....