Good Bye Beijing! Shanghai, Have You Eaten Yet?

"Have you eaten yet?" is how you say hello in Shanghai, apparently.

My train took 10 hours. It's very frustrating and inconvenient to have two enormous heavy suitcases. Especially because every single other passenger only had a tiny carry-on bag. What a pain it was to carry them around! Some taxi drivers even turned me down because my bags wouldn't fit in their trunk.

I'm finally in my hostel. My original plan was to go to a neighboring small town after my five days here, but I'm considering just going to Beijing afterwards because taking those suitcases onto a bus would be way too inconvenient.

Anyway I'm going to bed now so I can wake up tomorrow nice and early and take advantage of my little time here in Shanghai.

It's weird to think that I booked this hostel and took the train all the way here to Shanghai on my own. I've never been this independent. I've traveled a lot, but always in a group with an organized program. I've never gone all the way across a country by myself before. It's all up to me now for the next few weeks.

Make sure to read the post before this one!

Zaijian.