I've been in Shanghai for 10 days now and the time has gone by so fast! It takes forever to upload pictures on blogspot, so this blog will become more text based until I figure out how to get a faster internet connection. However, I am still updating my tumblr, so feel free to look at pictures there (I'm still in the process of uploading, but I post about a pic/day).
First thoughts: Shanghai is incredibly metropolitan. There are skyscrapers, taxis, j-walkers, street food, etc. Anything you can find in a major US city, you can probably find in Shanghai. So what's the difference? Well, these skyscrapers aren't commercial, they're apartment buildings, the taxis will actually run you over (and won't obnoxiously honk in the process), and the street food only costs 1rmb (about 15 cents USD). This is also a city of 21 million people.
The notorious air pollution doesn't seem so bad at first (the air doesn't smell different or anything). But then the sun comes out, and you can't see the sky; you're reminded of this city's terrible pollution. However, the rest of the city is fairly clean. Public transportation is extremely clean (and efficient!), you rarely see trash in the streets, and the garbage bins aren't overflowing. There also aren't that many homeless people (I've seen maybe half a dozen. maybe). You do see a lot of stray dogs and cats, but be careful. They probably have rabies.
Even though Shanghai is at about the same latitude as New Orleans, it get cold here. really cold. Shanghai has a humid client, which means it feels much colder in the winter.
That's it for now—Chinese hw calls!
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