Shanghai

Ticketed passengers with a layover of less than 72 hours in Shanghai may leave the airport on a 24 Hour visa which is granted on the spot. We arranged a longer layover in order to have some time to see the city.

The first order of business was to find food. Most places weren't open that early so we wandered around the beautiful Jiag'an Park. It was picturesque and full of early morning moving meditation and tai chi groups.

When the restaurants started to open we stoped to eat. Of course the menu is all in Chinese and the item pictured on the walls weren't really available. We each pointed at some random text and we're pleased with the result. Sid ended up with a spicy meat soup and I had a pork and bok choy wonton soup. This woke us up enough to get back to sight seeing.