Amie's Here!

So Amie finally made it to Shanghai in one piece. We had a busy day today - starting with visiting the Jade Buddha temple together. We then went to the fabric market to load up on dress shirts and suits (hey - when you can get a women's suit jacket with a matching skirt AND pants for less than 75 US dollars - you win!). We then got lost trying to find the subway, and once again being able to speak just enough Mandarin to bother the locals into helping your way paid off. We took the subway to the fake market and just about ran out of cash. We had 3 yuan left (less than 1 USD) after we paid for our subway fares back to our hotel.

We had dinner at a chinese restaurant at one of the nicer hotels in the area before we left for the acrobatics show (which we almost didn't make it in time). Amie ordered a prawn and crab dish that was sent to our table flaming to finish cooking.


My BBQ pork and scrimp fried rice was *not* flaming, but almost as tasty. As I was saying earlier - we almost missed the start of the acrobatics show because 1) dinner ran a bit long and 2) apparently around 7pm it's impossible to get a taxi in Shanghai. Now the acrobatics show.

Words cannot describe the incredible (or crazy) talent and technique. Here's a few select pictures - we've got a ton more and some videos.

Flipping from one moving pole to another, grabbing the pole with his legs:


Painful flexibility:


Magnificent Leaping:


Ridiculous Balance (Dad - I haven't seen you do this!):


Balancing on Chairs:


Soaring through the air on silk:


Balance Board:


And finally, a beautiful American on Nanjing Road (a pedestrian shopping district) - right outside our hotel: