Shanghai

I don't really know what to write about Shanghai. Benoit absolutely wanted to see it, so that's why we stayed there two days, but I wasn't a big fan. I found it a little bit depressing. It is very modern, very commercial, there are thousands of expats. But the thing that really bothered me was the sky-or the absence of sky. It's grey all day long in summer, because of pollution. The picture just below is taken at 2 pm. No sun, no clouds, no sky and soooo hot and humid. The old part of Shanghai is quite picturesque but very commercialized. At the risk of sounding repetitive here, we did have a good time in Shanghai though, thanks to our couch surf host Jiandong. He's born and raised in this city and loves it. He took us to some good restaurants and if I have to say one positive thing about  Shanghai, I'll definitely make compliments to its food!

(Tomorrow 'greener' pictures of the south!)