Today was kind of boring. It is raining here pretty good with a typhoon approaching so sightseeing is pretty much out of the question. I did manage to get back down to the knock off market to get Shane a few t shirts and find a bit of breakfast (some kind of dough thing with meat inside, like bow but not quite) When I came out from the market (which is underground) it was POURING so the temples I had planned for today were not going to be a lot of fun. I got...

Today was kind of boring. It is raining here pretty good with a typhoon approaching so sightseeing is pretty much out of the question. I did manage to get back down to the knock off market to get Shane a few t shirts and find a bit of breakfast (some kind of dough thing with meat inside, like bow but not quite) When I came out from the market (which is underground) it was POURING so the temples I had planned for today were not going to be a lot of fun. I got...

Got lost today. Like really lost. I tried to go to a few places in the french consession area, but the taxi driver had no clue where to go. None what so ever. Finally he just told me to get out (I assume thats what he said cause he just pulled over and said something while pointing to the door). Luckily it was a very nice area to be lost in. It kinda reminded me of new york actually. Lots of trees lining the streets and so on. So I started walking hoping to get ...

Blissfully slower pace today than the last few. Woke up, had some coffee and some duck for breakfast and waited for my aunt to come home at 11. When she arrived we headed out the door to go to Yu Yuan market. All I really knew about this place is there is a pearl market there and a chinese garden. We get out of the taxi and it actually looked like we were in china for once, not in new york or something with an asian twist. Its all totally contived, but very cool...

Today was another packed day. I dont know how much longer I will be able to keep going at this pace, but I feel like if I slow down I will miss something. This morning we went to the knock off market below the science and tech center. Basically its an underground mall that has everything you would want to buy. Coach bags, ferrigammo sunglasses, tiffany's braclets, abercrombie shirts, whatever. Barganing there is a blast. If they ask 250, you counter with somethi...