ten rather superficial but fun things I love about shanghai..

1. It’s full of beans!! From ice-cream, tea, to green tea bread (yep, proof below!), i bet you there's a red bean hanging out somewhere inside…a vegetarian's delight... until you see the duck hanging in the window.

You can wear your pj’s at any time of the day, take your child to school in them, or walk along the main shopping street next to Gucci stores in your fluffies, (if you are a guy you can roll your t-shirt up in summer to air out your tummy too!)

3. You can get an amazing foot massage for less than 10 New Zealand dollars pretty much on any street corner

4. The way people look at you (as in a foreigner) with this sincere curiosity
5. Getting a cashmere coat tailor-made for next to nothing

6. The old man who does salsa by himself at the park each night wearing tight tight pants and matching tight top.

7. People walking backwards on main street (good for the chi)
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8. Old ladies doing tai chi in the park to music, with their pet birds in cages hanging in the trees

9. The man who ties about 50 live chickens and ducks upside down to his motor-bike. (Disclaimer - I don’t particularly ‘like’ this… but it makes for an interesting sight each morning on my way to school!)
10. People wearing fluffy animal hats with massive ears casually walking down the street
11. had to add one more...the contrasts of the way people live...from one room to fit a family of five to massive massive villas