We arrived in Shanghai this morning after another 16 hour journey on the train which was actually pretty fun. After a short detox period to get over the stress of London I'm off the tea and back on the brewskis (as my Canadian roommate would say). Night before last Canada Chris (aka 'The Hoser') taught us all how to play Poker (or rather Texas Hold'em). Now I feel like I can gamble like a real man, and I got off to a good start winning both tournaments on Thurs eve! Woo hoo! I won a load of ripped up paper and ten Jiao (almost a penny) but they'll all fear me and believe my bluffs on the next round.
Yesterday we went to go visit some mentally handicapped children at Huailing School to give them a donation and eat lunch with them. They got us all up to do the chicken dance with them and 'If You're Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands'. It was a tough experience but really eye opening and I ended up really enjoying myself. The train ride was great too - learnt a new drinking game that you can play with cards which really got the group together. Feeling exhausted today though and I've got a touch of the lurgy that's been going round the group. Nothing eciting, just a sore throat. A couple of the others have still got the runs. One of them had it bad on the train which is really my worst fear - the bogs are digusting and they lock them at each station for obvious reasons because they just jettison their load onto the tracks. Some stops are half an hour though and John was "touching cloth" before he actually got into one.
We're off to the acrobatics tonight and hoping to get up to the top of the TV tower tomorrow for cocktails. Will try and post some photos tomorrow.
Till then ...
p.s. thanks for the comments. I can't see the blog at the moment (I think Mau's minions have blocked it for some reason) but I should be able to in Honk Kong so they're not wasted.
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