China Day 10 and 11: Shanghai Circus and 18 hours on a train

The day started early because we had just 1 day to see the main spots in Shanghai. Agenda went like this:

-Checking out of the hostel

– Visit of Yuyuan garden surroundings and the marketplace

China Day 8: the Second Day in EXPO

Countries visited: Japan, UK, Canada, Brazil, USA, South Africa, Egypt, Italy, Africa Joint Pavilion

(1) Japan: what this unique country means first is waiting around 2-3 hours in a long queue before you get in. After that Japan gives a very rich impression. There’s everything: cute Japanese ladies, nature beauties, tea drinking traditions, technology achievements with a robot who is playing a violin and a stage performance in the end. It was worth waiting in the line as you spend a lot of time in the Pavilion itself.

China Day 7: Welcome to Shanghai and the World EXPO

October, 5th, 2010
EXPO countries today: Latvia, Switzerland, EU, Belgium, Spain, North Korea, Iran, Lebanon, Mjanma/Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Kazakhstan

Right after the Brainstorm gig on the day before, we were heading for Tomoko’s dormitory to take our stuff and then to the train station to take a night train to Shanghai. Yes!! One challenge after another! The night at the train was really hard. We had bought sitting seats and were sitting/sleeping all night long for 13 hours. That wasn’t comfortable at all, of course, but this was a great part of the adventure. Especially, after seeing some people having standing “seats”, we felt lucky to have our places to sit.