... and we're back.

The first thing that made it clear to us that we were back in Shanghai was the taxi ride from the airport to our apartment.

I mentioned before that the highway from the airport to the city runs by the maglev track, well this taxi driver seemed to be attempting to make the train redundant. Lanes for him did not exist. Neither did other vehicles, stopping distance, nor speed limits. Need I mention he was talking on his mobile most of the way? This was in contrast to Hong Kong, where people drive on the left hand side of the road, in a lane, at the speed limit, and quite civilly to boot. As we were weaving across the three lanes of the road, zig-zagging between other traffic so fast there was never any need for the driver to check his mirrors, I glanced at the speedometer. 150km/h. I was impressed, as that is nearly the fastest I have ever gone in an automobile.

Needless to say we got to our destination. The taxi did nearly run us down as we crossed the road to our apartment block, however all in all we did make good time.

As to what I have been doing over the last week and a bit, there has been so much that it is a bit daunting to start from the beginning, so I will give a brief summary and perhaps get back to elements later.

Flew in to Shenzhen, bus to Hong Kong. Arrived first night of Chinese New Year, partied appropriately. Stayed in the centre of HK for a few days, then stayed on Lamma Island for a few nights. Stayed on Lantau Island for a night, then caught a ferry to Macau. Checked out Macau for a day and stayed in the most creepily run down hotel before getting a ferry back to Shenzhen. Plane to Shanghai and then skip to the story that starts this post.

I am currently working through the photos and such, and will let you know when I put them up on Flickr. Oh, and I will try to flesh out the HK trip a little.

At the moment i am looking forward to the weekend, as Pendulum are playing at Bon Bon!
120RMB ($20 AUS) for DnB + 0pen bar...