Shanghai, July 19

Spent the morning wandering through Dongtai Antique Market - (not sure how many things are real antiques since there are an awful lot of duplicates) It's still fun to look at all the stuff - think about your favourite flea market except that everything here is Chinese - Fun. We also made it to Fangbang Road - the "Old Shanghai Road" where the old architecture is brilliant, but the area is certainly all about the tourists, so all space is occupied by shops selling their wares. By the time we made it there - the sun was high and cooking us - Mr. Grumpypants came out without his hat!

We did have a yummy mushroom ramen for lunch - at least three types of mushrooms, crunchy kelp and a delicious broth along with some lovely little dumplings on the side.

Headed back to the hotel shortly after lunch - THE HEAT, THE HEAT - I think it hit 36C with humidity...

Had dinner in the hotel Shanghai Moon restaurant...chicken (with the bone in) cut into little pieces in a rich chestnut gravy - with loads of chestnuts, a plate of Shanghai noodles, and what I refer to as the manure tofu - fermented deep fried tofu - whoa - very stinky, but Mr. Grumpypants liked it - go figure.

Off to Hangzhou tomorrow for a look at West Lake, a temple and a tea plantation.