Back in Shanghai
I’ve been in SH for the last few days working on getting a Russian visa and gorging myself on foreign foods. I woke up this afternoon to a fantastic downpour that made an orchestra out of the plexiglass roof of the hostel patio two floors below my room. In the patio now, the heavy rain drowns out nearly every sound around me. The kinda rain I like. With the lines at the Russian embassy here I’ll be waiting in line starting at 5 am tomorrow to file for my tourist visa. I don’t know why they think they’ll have to worry about Americans illegally immigrating but it’s part of the game so I’ve gotta play.
Last night after dinner at a Thai place and dessert at a branch of the world famous Taiwanese Din Tai Fung it was off to a live jazz bar down the street. The cold Jim Beam and hot jazz made a nice cap to a night that actually ended much later. Next stop, pending Russian visa, is Beijing.
That’s next week though….there’s a lot to eat before then =P
