The view from Century Park

Xi Tang-a-rama!

From what I can tell, Xi Tang is famous for 1) Being a water town and 2) Tom Cruise filming part of Mission Impossible III there.

I am 1) All full up on water towns and 2) have never seen Mission Impossible III (or I or II). So here are some photos from the trip!

(We also visited a temple where we gave them money so they would pray for us to have more money. Counterproductive? )

 

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Slow boat to Shengsi

A few friends of mine decided to make a trip to Shengsi Island and I decided last minute to go along, too. I’ve been in Shanghai for almost four months and had only left the city for a work outing in a water town, so I really wanted to go on an overnight trip.

We didn’t have any solid plans, just to meet at the metro station we live near and head to a bus station where we bought tickets for our two hour bus ride to a port and one hour ferry ride to the island (RMB 109 one-way).

Click the link below to read more and see more photos from the trip! (It's image heavy, so I put it behind a cut)

Busy in the city

It's been awhile since I've posted, but really it's because I've been busy with work and hanging around and outside the city.

I recently made my first and second trips outside Shanghai! 

Trip #1 (barely)  outside the city: Xi Tang, apparently famous for canals and Tom Cruise filming Mission Impossible III there (we think the latter attracts the real tourists).

Trip #2 Shengsi Island, a two hour bus ride and one hour ferry ride from Shanghai.

I'll make proper posts about those trips soon!