Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Shanghai World Expo 2010: “Better City, Better Life…”

 

We flew from Shenzen to Shanghai after enjoying a day of shopping for electronics.  The guys bought the knock off Ipad and I bought a purple “Balencia” clutch.  IMG_2771

Flat tire on the way to the airport.  There’s nothing like hearing the bang of a flat tire as you’re rushing to catch your plane.  Farshad was ready to jump out and catch another cab, but we felt bad since we had already negotiated a queue jumping rate, and paid the guy.  We unloaded our heavy back packs  Seb helped with the flat, and we were outta there in under ten minutes.

Yes we made it to the plane on time, only to find out it had been delayed for 2 hours!

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IMG_2838Line ups were gruelling.  The ticket prices were extremely affordable at $20 bucks a day.  But this also meant that tourists from all over China came, and considering the population that meant 5 hour line ups for the most popular pavilions such as Japan.  Couple that with the Chinese way of budding in line, pushing and shoving in the heat meant that your nerves were sure to get grinded in some way or other.  It was interesting to see how so many people brought little stools to sit on, and nap on in the line. IMG_2987

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