Boom! Internet finally working, here’re some pics from our first day in Shanghai. This be our hotel lobby.

Our hotel elevator is interesting. It smells so bad but it has really cool wallpaper and the buttons are camouflaged.

First meal at a spot near our hotel.

Mmmmmmm.

I love Shanghai fashion.

It’s a given that millions of people rides bikes here, and they have the most interesting ways of dealing with nature. When it rains, people don these ponchos and wear them in this manner, protecting their head and bodies from the elements really efficiently. Our friend Jonathan told us that in the winter they literally glue giant mitts to their handlebars to keep their hands warm. The next time I see a bike with them on I’ll take a photo for you guys to see. It’s so rad.

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This is the cell phone I bought to use in China. $30CDN and the SIM card was bought from a roadside magazine stall at 10pm. It’s no secret that Canada’s telecom service is horrible, but this really emphasizes just how backward we are. Also, my phone has awesome english. I can’t wait to ice it out with fake jewels and trinkets, it’s gonna look so ridiculous.

Apartment buildings everywhere.

Stripe that outfit.

Jonathan brought us to a mall where you can get clothes made to fit for absolutely ridiculous prices. Right now I’m having a suit, a jacket, a blazer, and a custom-designed coat made for my body. Can’t wait to see how they turn out.

Sticky.

The glasses with the white border on the left are so insane. It was hard (easy) not to buy them.

Afterward we all went for Jonathan’s birthday dinner. This was taken underneath an expressway with blue lights on the entire underside. It lit all the roads with this intense blue glow. So beautiful.

Jonathan is a wild man, and he got some wild gifts from his Swedish friends.

Jonathan! He’s been looking after us so well from the second we arrived. Thank you sir.

Then we went clubbing, which was like a sociology lesson. First of all, every table had cups with dice in them because people here love to play drinking games. Secondly, clubbing is a pretty newish idea to China, so they have different ways of doing things. People here don’t seem to dance as much, preferring instead to socialize on the couches and play drinking games. Also, there seems to be a ton of emphasis on the show, so this club was decked out with way more lights and spectacle than needed. This is the first and only club I’ve been to in China, so my opinion on things will probably change as we go to other different ones with different crowds. But this was a pretty eye-opening experience for me, I didn’t expect a bunch of these things.

Haha, psyched.

Drank

PARTY HARRRD!

Alright, enough blogging. Going outside to take photos :D