We're en route to Shanghai but we just made a stopover at Tongxiang for a BOM (that's what I call it - a Business Opportunity Meeting) which is famous for its Chrysanthemum Tea. Just like our Longjin Village stopover, they offered a cup of tea and made a Sales Pitch... - copied from my palm note pad
When we arrived at Shanghai, I thought we were going to the hotel first but Tony took us to another part of Shanghai that had the tiangges. It was a Friday, the start of a long weekend so there were a lot of locals everywhere. It was at the Shangyung area and Tony gave us, would you imagine, 45 minutes to shop! That's barely scratching the surface of the merchandise if I may say so. At this point, nagkanya-kanya na kami so, Ricky and I started going around. It's like Greenhills at night...Well, it turns out that we spent nearly 90 minutes and when Ricky & I returned to the meeting place, Tony was there, along with Jane and Nelson. So, Ricky and I slowly inched our way towards the other side of the tiangge since there were only 4 of us there. So bad of us! But we quickly returned & by then, the group was almost complete. So, it was time for dinner, we were all hungry by then.
Afterwards, since we weren't going to the Bund (which they say has a spectacular view at night), Tony took us to Xin Tian Di, a place in Shanghai that combines new with old, east with west. It's like our Libis, Malate or Makati areas here in Manila. It's like you're in Shanghai, France and SanFo all at the same time. I'm positive that it would be a different experience altogther had we gone there during the day. This is definitely one place I'd love to go back to and savor the place by sitting outside let's say Starbucks, with Ricky and we're just doing our 'mall thing' (a.k.a. people-watching
). There are cafes all about and even a bar where Filipino bands perform - a true testament to the Filipino talent. And mind you, the line at the entrance was long; they must be really good. 
at the square entrance (L-R) Jane, Nelson (partly hidden), Jackie, Diane (partly hidden), Jane and William
We really didn't go around the whole place due to lack of time but it was pretty interesting. Here, we just decided to get our coffee fix at Starbucks then just walk back to our meeting place.
Starbucks Xin Tian Di
outside Xin Tian Di waiting for the bus to take us home (L-R) Nelson, Jane, Jackie, William (partly hidden) and Me (pretending to be surprised...)
We arrived at the hotel and decided to forego our earlier plan of going out again. We called it a night and prepared for our last day in Shanghai.
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