Guitars and home made dinner
6 November 2011
I set out to get lost. I succeeded more than once. At one stage I was between a river and an industrial complex of some kind, I had to double back....
Xintandi
6 November 2011
Sunday seems to be like any other day in China, everything opens at the same time, the same number of people seem to be out and about etc. Xintan....
Pudong is awesome
5 November 2011
Shanghai is split by a river, with the western part often called Puxi, being the old part and where I am staying. The eastern side, is called Pudo....
Xujiahui
5 November 2011
I read that Xujiahui is where all the weird chinese brand electronics are. Not really, they have the same stuff we have in Australia but it costs ....
Back from Suzhou
4 November 2011
The bullet train back was great, it was the first time I had sat down for many hours and I nearly fell asleep! However the adventure is not over, ....
Walking forever
4 November 2011
Arriving in Suzhou was awesome. The place is one of the main domestic tourist attractions, so theres an actual scrum of tour operators being held ....
Going to Suzhou
4 November 2011
Suzhou is a town of some 4 million people in the city proper and 10 million in the metropolitan area about 100km west of Shanghai. Luckily the new....
Nanjing road West
3 November 2011
Generally, people head east along Najing road, at least according to the internet, as thats where the bund is. I decided to head west instead. It ....
Hongqiao transport hub
3 November 2011
Tomorrow I am going to Suzhou, by bullet train. It is not very far, but this being China, you cant buy a ticket online, because triads buy them al....