Shanghai fun

Near Jing'an Temple, Shanghai.

Fast train

Here is Grandma and Grandad about to board the fast train to Beijing. Cruises along very comfortably at 300km/h. You can sit a cup of coffee on your tray quite safely.

Airports

Here we are about 9.30pm last Monday night - after a long day's journey that began on the Great Wall and ended back in Shanghai.

Up the wall

Yesterday we climbed the Great Wall, just outside of Beijing. Well we took a cable car up most of the way and then walked some.

Morning coffee

Kommune cafe, Tianzafung, Shanghai.

More snow photos

Snow!

This pic is of our building back yard with the kids playground at the back. We hope our upcoming visitors from Qld have their wollies packed!

Shave on the go

We first thought this taxi driver, stopped at a red light, was shaving. But a closer look revealed he was actually plucking facial hair - with a bulldog clip. Ouch! Only in China...

Chinese New Year

It's that time of year again - when China goes crazy for red dragons and fireworks. Lots of people leave the city and go back to home provinces to see family - this means train stations and airports are frantic. The week of Chinese New Year has been called the world's largest migration of human beings.