Not ready yet

Shanghai is still humid as hell...literally. But I think I might actually be acclimating. The other day on my taxi ride from the office back to my hotel, the taxi driver kept the windows open instead of turning on the air conditioner in the car. I thought to myself that the temperature must have been cooler than in previous days. So in curiosity I checked the temp when I got back to the hotel and it was the same temperature that it had been for the last several days. Huh. Maybe it's not so bad when you're used to it. ;-)

The day after that, I left the office late. It was the first time I happened to be in a taxi after dark. When night falls in Shanghai, it's absolutely amazing. Every bridge (and there are several bridges getting to Shanghai from the suburban areas and where the office is located) is alight with bright fluorescent colors that illuminate the night sky. I had previously taken a picture of the highways at night from my hotel room, but that is minimal when looking at the entire city. I felt like I was in the China Las Vegas. It's surprising how modern Shanghai is when considering how old the culture is here in China.

It's my last working day here in Shanghai, and then I have all day Saturday and the first half of Sunday to get in as much sight-seeing as I possibly can. I have a list of at least 10 things I want to do and am going to have a very hard time trying to decide. But I'm determined to wake up early tomorrow and be out all day until late in the night and do the same on Sunday until I absolutely have to leave for the airport.

At first 10 days felt like a long time but when you include travel days, working days and jet lag, it's not very long at all. I wish that I had more time. But alas, I don't and so I have to jam-pack my next day and a half full of all I can possibly experience.