Today is our last day in Shanghai. We leave early tomorrow morning on a 22 hour train trip to Guilin. It's a bit sad, because it signals that our journey is coming to an end. We're taking FULL advantage of the shopping here though. Amy and I have already agreed that we will come back to Shanghai for sure. She originally wasn't so keen on coming and I only wanted to so I could have gone to the major cities in China. Boy are we glad we did! It has a feel of a cro...

Now that I'm pumped full of anti-diarreheal meds (bet you were DYING to know that) I'm able to sit down and tell you a tale. Perhaps call it spinning you a yarn. No wait, that would imply it's not true. It's all true. True and weird. Amy and I left the hostel in Huangshan city (Tunxi) bright and early on the morning of the 24th. We arrived the mountain around 7:30 and began the hike up at about 8am. At first, we thought we were brilliant for walking up the much ...