Hey all, so Hong Kong and China were great! I went on a scheduled trip with five other kids and we had a total blast. We managed to get to Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai.
In Hong Kong I spent the day roaming the city with Natalie. We met a man on the ferry from our port to the downtown area and he decided to take us around and show us some really cool things. We saw this awesome temple with an insane amount of incense coating the air. He introduced us to an amazing yogurt-type food that we loved. He showed us where to shop and finally let us off to explore the rest of the city. After that I met up with the Wisconsin girls and we all went out to a nice dinner. Hong Kong was a ton of fun.
We woke up early the next morning to fly to China. China was great. We had tour guides who took us all over the cities we were in. In Beijing, we managed to go see some great historic sights, a fun teahouse, a palace and ate some great food. We also got to meet up with family friend Bill who's been living in Beijing for about 5 years now. It was great to see him and catch up. In Xi'an we saw the amazing Terra Cotta soldiers which was an awesome sight. We also walked around the city which was pretty cool. Last was Shanghai, my favorite stop.
The morning we had free in Shanghai my friends Natalie and MacKenzie and I traveled far from the ship to the M50 district. The district is essentially a contemporary art gallery area. As we arrived upon the area we saw amazing graffiti lining the walls and I knew this was going to be a cool district. There were building after building of new artists work and we just walked through each building checking out some beautiful art. We also ate at this amazing art cafe... twice! I wanted to buy this artwork, but it was $6000. So I had to refrain. It was beautiful though. After that we explored other parts of the city, but I'm pretty sure that morning was one of my, if not the one, favorite day i've so far.
All in all China was a great experience and I would love to go back to Shanghai!
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