Something in the Water

Multiple violent stabbings have plagued Shanghai in the last month leading up to the Olympics. Hmmm... correlation maybe? Them crazies!

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Ming Dynasty Architecture

Xitang, China
Originally uploaded by sherryworld

This picture does not do it justice, but this is one of the most beautiful entrances I've seen in a while.

China's Dirty Watertowns

Xitang, China
Originally uploaded by sherryworld

Xitang is 90 minutes from Shanghai by bus in the county of Jiashan. Was wack we had to pay an entrance fee into the town as the gov't has completely deemed it an "historic town" but still worth the trip for breathtaking undisturbed Ming dynasty architecture.