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Aimless wanderings

Aimless wanderings

Today I had time on my hands so I decided to do a bit of wandering. First was this really old looking place about 10 minutes walk from my house.  I was quite surprised as my area is supposed to be very expensive.  But I 

Sugoi Shanghai 2

Sugoi Shanghai 2

And the eating adventure continued Moving onto western food While the submerged Mao looked onwards in disapproval The old and modern side by side And narrow dusty corridors Hiding tasty treats – pork chop! Xiao Mai hybrid with xiao loong bao bottom Delicious fried rice 

Sugoi Shanghai 1

Sugoi Shanghai 1

Arrived in Shanghai on Thursday night Some Shanghai citizens The reason to go to Shanghai Followed by some soup dumplings Midnight surfing for food on the deserted side streets Hungry after some ultimate practice The next day, a trip to the World Expo With plenty 

Mandarin moments

Mandarin moments

Dessert at the Mandarin Oriental. Jasmine jelly, berries, and crumble… Some special mandarin cocktail that I forgot the name of. Quite good! Chocolate shot, mandarin cheesecake and berries And the background and the food Meeting some random friends in the middle of Shibuya crossing Then 

Ultimate frisbee

Ultimate frisbee

Oh how I have missed you… Went to Shanghai for the weekend to play ultimate frisbee.  Picked up with the Shanghai team.  I really had forgotten how much fun ultimate frisbee was.  I think this must be my first serious tournament since UK Uni nationals