We spent one day tooting around Osaka (Kyoto), took in an amazing aquarium, rambled through a very strange mall and ate….well I am not sure what it was to tell the truth. We then packed up and the next day flew to Shanghai, and went straight to our booked hotel…the cruise line paid for an extra night there…which was pretty good of them. The room was 650 a night! We spent five amazingly wonderful nights there and did a whole lot.
In one spot I needed the loo. So I found one, very clean due to a full time attendant, and used the one'western toilet' stall. If my happy visit is a lite one, I don't mind using the hole in the ground, but anything else requires a western john, if available. I slipped into the stall, used my own kleenex from my coat pocket, (they never seem to provide paper in these bathrooms) finished up and walked out towards the sinks. The little old lady attendant suddenly rushes over to me a starts frantically yelling, "YOU MAKA POO!! YOU MAKA POO POO!! YOU MAKA POO POO!!!!" very loudly, pointing at me wildly. What the hell? Was I not supposed to? What was going on? She just kept yelling this at me as I desperately tried to figure out why she was yelling this!
Eventually she wiped her hand back and forth in her nether regions and yelled "you dirty! you dirty!" and pulled a long piece of toilet paper off a roll and tried to give it to me. So I tried to explain, to no avail, that I used my own. Finally I gave up and went back into the stall, with paper, remained about the right amount of time it would take and then came out..and she was all happy! Jeez!!
We hired a car and driver and an english speaking guide for two days. The first day she took us out to a water town, very much like the last time we were there, only not as pretty a one. We had a great time anyway! The next day we used her for shopping. We had her take us to the parts of town where we could buy musical instruments, art supplies and then kites. We took her out to a fantastic dim sum place for lunch and then took ourselves to Old Town. What a great day! She very successfully negotiated great prices for us.
Shanghai is famous for their dumplings, the dim sum kind. They are all soup dumplings. They either freeze soup or use a chicken pectin rich jelly along with many different types of fillings to fill these little dumplings. When they are steamed and cooked, the frozen or jellied soup melts. Its a true art picking them up with chop sticks and not putting a hole in them! Delicious and fun to eat!
For the next few posts I will include a few pics. I didn't take that many this trip. I am not too happy with my camera right now. Its bugging me. We have only two weeks to get ready for Maui…not long enough. TTYL
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| SOME OF THOSE MAGIC SOUP DUMPLINGS |
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| SPOD STOOD IN LINE FOR OVER HALF AN HOUR FOR SOME KIND OF BAKED GOODS THEY WERE SELLING THAT SMELLED UNBELIEVABLY DELICIOUS…LIKE BUTTER AND SUGAR AND CREAM. THESE LITTLE GIRLS WERE TOTALLY HAMMING IT UP! WHEN WE FINALLY GOT THE 'COOKIES' THEY JUST WEREN'T THAT GOOD! |
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| WE BOUGHT THIS PACKAGE…NO IDEA WHAT WAS IN IT. WE BROUGHT IT HOME FOR APRIL. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A SEAWEED MUSH..AWFUL HORRIBLE CRAP! |
LOL, would ou care to explain the "faces" you and Spod were making?? LOL. Did someone 'maka poo poo"?
ReplyDeleteSo the correct procedure is to a) inform the washroom attendant that you wish to 'maka poo poo' then b) get the allotted squares of toilet paper, then c) go make the poo poo while she is standing by.
ReplyDeletewhat if she doesn't give enough paper? what if a person has the craps and needs more? what's the protocol? this is just tooooo hilarious!!