The reason I put “Shanghai” in quotes is that we drove on a highway away from the city for about 1 hour to visit this small rural village…and technically we were still in Shanghai. After a little confusion and some help from a dozen little old ladies (see pictures below) we made it to breakfast.
- Top middle: Here you can see us passing a car by driving on the shoulder.
- Top right: The morning bike rush in a rural village.
- Middle left: We stopped and asked one lady for directions and every woman there started yelling at the same time. Straight out of a movie.
- Bottom right: Probably the best dumplings I have ever had.
After breakfast we headed to the cities’ museum. The most memorable things in the museum were the long wooden dragon and the incredibly large statue carved out of one incredibly large tree.
- Top right: You’ve got to smell these trees…apparently they are popular for luggage because of the smell.
Next we crossed over the villages well known bridge and then walked along the river and then canal on our way to the garden.
Then we toured a traditional garden.
- Bottom left: Here we are taking the bull by the horns…literally.
Next we took a canal ride back to the center of town for lunch and shopping.
- Bottom right: The shopping market was nuts! Just tons of stores and lots of crazy bargaining and shouting going on. Apparently a scene in Mission Impossible 3 was filmed in this area…but I have not confirmed that yet.
After we got back to the hotel we ran out to McDonald’s for a quick dinner and headed to bed early to make up for the sleep we missed the night before. This often happens on plant trek where we party too hard one night and then relax on the next night.
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