"Bus travel in Shanghai comes with all the trimmings. There are GPS systems at bus stops, indicating how many meters away the vehicle is;onboard LED displays warn of upcoming stops;meanwhile TV sets seduce passengers with adverts. Sadly, none of that changes the essential hideousness of the experience." - Many thanks to my 'Frommer's Shanhai day by day' city guide for its honesty.
In this city, you cannot get a censored, edited, dulled-down, version of an experience.
You get the experience.
Whether you like it, or not.
Warning: people will be buying eyeballs in front of you in the supermarket queue. Warning: waitresses will spit so close to your food in a restaurant that you can be sure of at least some saliva having contaminated your food.
Warning: Your bathroom is capable of emitting garlic and onion smells whilst you are showering
Warning: Being stared at is no big deal. Having your ponytail pulled, and then being laughed at by the chinese farmer man with no teeth behind you on the escalator, IS.
Sink or swim:
Shanghai, meet Stefani. Stefani, meet Shanghai.
And so my story begins.....
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