Shanghai - part 3

Of course the real reason we were in Shanghai was not just for our own amusement. There was a wedding to attend, Kathleen to be a beautiful maid of honour and me to attempt to record some videography. Casey and Ben's ceremony was wonderful, and the photos afterwards on the streets of Shanghai were exciting and interesting. The reception was held at the fabulous Yong Foo elite, where the 6 or 7 courses were all delicious. The Australian wine went down pretty easily too!

Afterwards we were off to 'Not Me' for the after wedding party. Now we'd been to not me a couple of times in the lead up to the wedding and had negotiated a special price deal for the wedding party guests. This included wearing dodgy not me party badges, cheap beers, super cheap cocktails and pretty much our run of the music. Not me's music selection certainly proved bizzare with a selection of new dance music, R&B (everyone's favourite) and chinese pop songs. I wonder if they've put all the millions of photos they took of the party crowd up on their website yet. Of course at the end of the night there were only a few of us left and after the best man decided to argue with the bar staff about the costs of the last four shots he'd had we were on our way off.

Post wedding day was relaxed with an afternoon trip to the pearl markets. Don't ask me exactly where we went, but the main pearl markets in town were being renovated (and are a rip-off anyway) so it was off to the 'burbs to find some cheap pearls. Of course they weren't for me, but with a hung-over sister and a wife on a mission I had to come along and check out the range of fake merchandise on offer. A point to note is that the initial price of things in most markets in china has risen considerably. A lot of places I was able to easily bargain them down to below 1/10th of the price. So start low, because they are well used to ripping tourists off.