Just to let you know, there is a problem google is working on to fix the pictures on the blog......some of them can not be seen at the moment, but it should be fixed within the next couple of weeks.

Shop till ya drop!

This past Saturday we took a trip to Shanghai to the "fake" market......This my friends is every cheapskates dream, and I happen to be a little cheap. Here you can find almost every brand your looking for. D&G, Gucci, Coach, Prada ....you get the idea. Now I have been told that these items are seconds, however China is known for their great ability to "copy" everything! So we hopped on the high speed train that at top speed hits about 350 kms an hr. We can make it to Shanghai in 45 mins.....by car 2 hrs. And then we shop till we drop


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So we were waiting and this guy whips out his shaver and starts grooming himself!

Boarding the train

Outside the train station

Boarding

Isaac on the train

Train speed

All the stalls at the fake market

The attendent in the bathroom, she has a "shitty" job, she must be tired.

Isaac Shopping

A Day in The Life

It was a Chinese holiday "Tomb Sweeping Day" This is a day the Chinese honour their ancestors , by cleaning the dirt and weeds from their tomb and lay out offerings. They believe they should keep their deceased ancestors happy, since they will watch over them and bring them good fortune. Anyway to make a long story short, we went for a hike in the mountains and down through the tea village

Incense burning at Chinese Temple

Now that is some serious incense!

Candles burning outside the temple....note the fire extinguishers!

Always one class clown!

View from the top

My Chinese pose! They all make the peace sign! :)

Isaac and Mom

John, a fellow Canadian working with Deane. And Deane

Tea pickers.....taking a ......I can't say coffee break. In China, they call the coffee table, the tea table .

Tea Village house/restaurant 

I have no idea what this says, but it looks cool.

Tea

I am not sure this dog needed a coat on?

People having lunch on the terrace 

Do I need to say anything?????

I think this should say Gaution, shitty floor......ha ha my spell check is picking up Gaution

A couple having their wedding photo's taken

Family together for the holiday

Finished the day with a foot massage and dinner at a Caribbean restaurant. It was a weird experience, the place was full of Chinese, and the waitresses were wearing cowboy hats. And the music playing was, Shakira and the Macarena. The whole experience felt like a bad acid trip, not that I've dropped acid, but I did watch Alice in Wonderland so I have a pretty good idea! lol

They bring around plates of different kinds of meat. I ate my first piece of cow tongue. It was ok....over all I will stick to the Chinese food, they know how to cook this best. Not to mention this place was buffet style, not what I want here. There are far to many people and kids and open plates of food!