Up River
Trip Start
Sep 01, 2005
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Trip End
Dec 04, 2006
Shanghai,
China
Thursday, August 24, 2006
a. soft sleeper - 4 person room with soft bunk beds
b. hard sleeper - 6 person open compartment with hard triple bunk beds
c. soft seat - a soft upright seat
d. hard seat - a hard upright bench
Now during holiday season the hardest one to get is b followed by c, a and d respectively. Throughout our stay in China we will always be aiming for b but chances are that we will get d and we can't afford a so we won't even think about that option. Follow? I will elaborate on the trains as we go on.
Also we will also be hoping that the trains are new and have air conditioning. One reason is that if its air conditioning then they are not allowed to smoke and spit, supposedly.
Shanghai is home to a very big ex pat community which has helped drive Shanghai's reputation as a city of sophistication where you can get just about anything. Not on the usual backpacker trail, as it is expensive compared to the rest of China, we stopped off here to see China's best museum (Shanghai Museum housed treasures that were and were not saved from the cultural revolution) and eat some good food. One thing worth noting is that the Shanghainese have a peculiar tendency for sweet dishes. Also got to have some Beijing duck which we missed out in in Beijing. Yum!
