Day 13 (continued)

The plane arrived in Shanghai around 11 p.m. and I hopped into the sorriest little cab for the ride to the Peace Hotel. My room was in the older building - the bathroom was not the cleanest but the room had wood paneling, high ceilings, definitely 1930's elegance. I promptly fell asleep.

A few thoughts on China in general. Throughout China I saw only one beggar, although there were several dirty children near the Great Wall and a couple of three card monte, chinese-style, artists. However, you couldn't walk around for five minutes without being accosted by black marketers wanting to change money. People spit everywhere, quite loudly, and say by squatting, often with legs spread wide.

written by

shoshtrvls on August 13, 1987 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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