Saturday, November 18, 2006
12 November, 2006
We decided to do one more day of sight seeing in the city of Shanghai. We walked along the Bund and visited the Old Town. It was the ‘China’ we were looking for all along and the buildings were very pretty. The streets were full of antiques and handicrafts and a little bit of a ‘Disneyfied’ version of Old China. We bought our really expensive Omega’s and we had to get back to our hotel. The train station was brand new and absolutely magnificent. We got on our next train and left for Hangzhou. This was the cheaper train and it was a real experience. We met an English speaking guide who helped us along with our next destination and a ticket to Xian. She phoned from the train and got it all sorted out for us. Besides that, to cut a long story short, by the end of the ride we had made friends with a few Chinese people and they were so friendly and helpful. Everyone always seems to get involved in our business - we don’t mind. The one guy even landed up standing whilst Rich’s big bag took prime position on his seat. We arrived at a great hotel and tried to find food again. We settled for Pizza Hut, we were getting desperate…
We decided to do one more day of sight seeing in the city of Shanghai. We walked along the Bund and visited the Old Town. It was the ‘China’ we were looking for all along and the buildings were very pretty. The streets were full of antiques and handicrafts and a little bit of a ‘Disneyfied’ version of Old China. We bought our really expensive Omega’s and we had to get back to our hotel. The train station was brand new and absolutely magnificent. We got on our next train and left for Hangzhou. This was the cheaper train and it was a real experience. We met an English speaking guide who helped us along with our next destination and a ticket to Xian. She phoned from the train and got it all sorted out for us. Besides that, to cut a long story short, by the end of the ride we had made friends with a few Chinese people and they were so friendly and helpful. Everyone always seems to get involved in our business - we don’t mind. The one guy even landed up standing whilst Rich’s big bag took prime position on his seat. We arrived at a great hotel and tried to find food again. We settled for Pizza Hut, we were getting desperate…
# posted by Heidi & Richard's travels @ 3:17 AM 
