It’s no joke when you keep turning the corner to find a basset hound staring at you. I’m pretty sure that this was Mason working as a secret service basset in Shanghai. Watching over our every move. To see whether we were buying sufficient treats to... Chinese parks are a community hub. People come together to talk in the shade of the trees, to exercise, to dance, to watch movies and to write. It’s a wonderful thing to see people milling around enjoying the company and the location. Although parks are... For all the historical references that remain in Shanghai there were many traditional Chinese historical treasures that did not survive the Cultural Revolution. A little like the main historical sites like the Forbidden City and Summer Palace in Bejing some of the... Streets all around Shanghai are being repaved, or re-cobbled or re-bricked. This is all part of the spruce up effort for the expo. At the end I’m sure Shanghai will have some of the smartest pavements around. There seems to be a huge effort to conserve and... Shanghai seems like a million miles and lifetimes ago. Blogging about our adventures keeps the memories alive which is good because right now I’m living life like an out of body experience. The jet lag has kicked in big time making it hard to sleep at the... 