Leaving China

The bus and train stations in China started to get very busy. I queued for 1 hour to buy a bus ticket one day then queued for the bus for 1.5 hours and didn't manage to get a seat on the bus. People I spoke to explained that 1/2 a million people will be traveling in China over the next month.

I decided it was time to leave China so I took a train from Shanghai to Shenzhen which took about 20 hours. I would arrive in Shenzhen at 8am and then fly from Shenzhen to Bangkok at 11:30pm. I did not have any plans for how I would spent my day in Shenzhen...

Luckily I ended up sharing a compartment with Adam Wong and his daughter Sayo who were returning to Hong Kong.

Sayo, Adam and me.

Adam invited me to spend the day with them in Shenzhen before taking my flight. We had breakfast in a Hong Kong restaurant, then went to a massage house for a 3 hour chinese massage then it was time for lunch where we had Dim Sum. Lunch lasted for about 3 hours and we ate a wide variety of dishes. During my time in China experienced the Chinese custom of the guest not paying and this custom was rigidly enforced by Adam during my time in Shenzhen.

That evening I took the bus to Shenzhen Airport giving myself plenty of time to find the correct terminal and get through security.

Shenzhen Airport