Shanghai Baby

I have a love affair with Shanghai

It's a city that is beguiles me. The beautiful shiny new edifices to modern capitalism barely conceal the rough around the edges, dingy soot covered history of this city.

Since work sent me there back in November 2016, it seems to have captured my heart and I can hear it softly calling for me to come back from 6,000 miles away.

There is so much to see, explore, taste. To be honest, I probably have seen much more of the insides of my gilded cages (@5-star hotels) than I have of the city. Even during my short moments of freedom, I seem to have sought comfort in the familiar, choosing to spend time in the expat/tourist areas.

I need more time to just wander. Maybe it's because I love new things... but i think there's something different to this experience from my usual travel. It has somehow touched an undiscovered part of my soul. A yearning to learn more about my heritage and culture I think. A fascination with an old civilisation that I ought to belong to.