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| Gardens |
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| Old Town Square |
Severly hungover I somehow managed to check out of the hostel before
12 and get myself to the bund for some daytime snaps. Unfortunately having had
no time to plan anything we had no idea where to go from here.
We made a trip down to the Yew Gardens and then found ourselves in Shanghai old
town. This was the first bit of traditional China I had really seen in Shanghai
so far and it was impressive, although a little too pristine suggesting it was more for show than an
attempt to retain its history. Still good fun and good end to our mini trip.
The whole day was overshadowed by the events of the evening somewhat. I found
out that the Hangzhou football team had a league game against Shanghai and
somehow a small group of football fans from the study China group became more
than half of the group.
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| Hangzhou : Shanghai |
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| Shanghai : Hangzhou |
We arrived at the awesome Yellow Dragon Stadium 5 minutes from our
dormitories and took our pews after finding myself a Hangzhou shirt to switch
into after arriving in my Shanghai shirt. The game itself was pretty poor and I
can’t say too much for the level of skill in the Chinese football league.
However on this occasion the fans of Hangzhou Green Town had another form of
entertainment. This manifested in the rowdy section of the crown making Britain
proud of its sporting hooligan heritage. Although Shanghai took a lead early on
Hangzhou managed to claw a goal back midway through the second half. The game
seemed to die off at this point which is astonishing considering it was barely
living before.
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| A fairly unimpressive crowd in a very impressive stadium |
Everybody agreed it was about time for a day off from the dingy
depths of Coco Banana and so we all headed for a solid nights rest.
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