Reid's 2017 China ride: 02

Beijing was a pretty tough city to be a tourist (well a foreign tourist). The cold was definitely getting to me and Luke had been crook with a cold and I was closely following. So I took the bullet train down to Shanghai which would be a few degrees warmer. After a hell tuk tuk ride to the train station with my bike box (well half a ride as the dickhead decided he only wanted to take me halfway) and even more crazy process to get a ticket and arrange for my bike box to be shipped down (the shipping office was in the back of the MacDonald's dining area, how people are meant to know this, im Not sure.

I spent a couple quiet days getting over my cold, and then got a room in a hostel to meet some other travelers and see Shanghai. At first Shanghai also seemed too big to get a grasp on but eventually had a great few days with a crew staying at the hostel. A mix of Canadians, Dutch, British and Taiwanese. Also thanks to the hostel bar Manager Dexter for helping me source some camping supplies.

the first thing i saw in shanghai. unfortunately china is not a land of rules.

epic underbite

this is the building used in the scene from mission impossible 3

gaming setup level: boss

cool elevated highways

educational for earthquakes

this guy was recording your heartbeat in that giant ball. he was really into his useless job.

huge model of the city

they try

had a great night with English Jemma

the shanghai cityscape was truly impressive

the tallest building on the right is the second tallest building in the world. went up with the crew to the top observation deck, photos below.

we had a big night out with our international crew and went to this underground dive bar/death trap if there was a fire.
it was an amazing night playing drinking dice games with a big group of chinese locals that spoke little to no english but were super welcoming. it was one of the best travel experiences ive ever had. im sure the photos and little vid wont do it justice.