last day in shanghai today! I'm not quite done with it, and am finally getting the hang of it I think, but it's already tiring me out.. Not used to city travel i guess.. so, went to the jade buddha temple today, then to MoGanShan Road to see quite a big collection of art galleries, then back to people's square (all on public buses) to see a very tiny little bit of the national museum before they closed, and sat in the park after look at and taking too many photos of the doves.. walked around the neighbourhood south of the hostel then back here.. indoors at dusk. i don't know why either.

Shanghai is not a place I love, but I can imagine myself staying here longterm. Liveable, interesting, lots of things to do... but not somewhere I'm at peace in.. though there are many things I'm mightily impressed with here. They are really making an effort to improve the city and its citizens. Its one place where the police and traffic wardens really work and are seen everywhere (though sometimes its just in groups lounging around). Looking at their contemporary art, and at the bestsellers in bookshops, and from conversations with the locals, I find their concerns - about themselves, about the youth about the future - not very much different, if at all, from those in my own society.

So, off to Hangzhou tomorrow! hopefully a smaller place will mean I am better able to relax... and think..