Our first stop was the "Old West Gate" (Lao Si Men). We got there by taking a bus, which was unbelievably crowded (although I suppose it was "rush hour"), but the ride provided an interesting insight to the honesty of Shanghai's public transportation users. With no more space at the front of the bus, when we would stop at the next station, people would pass up their electronic bus card and ask someone to tap it against the receiver so they could then go to the rear door of the bus and try to squeeze in there! That happened innumerable times, a few people even passing their cards up after getting on in the back of the bus, and having their card passed back through a long line of people.
After we got off the bus at Old West Gate, we wandered through the old Shanghai alleys, which are well known for the narrow streets and ubiquitous scene of wet laundry drying on wires crossing above the alleyway. People were going about their daily business and there didn't seem to be too many tourists around--so I'm sure both J and I stood out plenty since we were taking pictures like crazy!
After we got off the bus at Old West Gate, we wandered through the old Shanghai alleys, which are well known for the narrow streets and ubiquitous scene of wet laundry drying on wires crossing above the alleyway. People were going about their daily business and there didn't seem to be too many tourists around--so I'm sure both J and I stood out plenty since we were taking pictures like crazy!
(more to come later...)
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