Century Park: First Boat Ride
Ahoy Mate's
It's Spring in Shanghai and we are not wasting the blue skies!
Sunday was C's first boat ride.
Initiation took place at Century Park, Pudong.
First Mate
O is a regular rider who loves being on the water!
Dock Kissing
Camera-Stealing
It was crammed quarters, meant for two people, but squishily seating all of us!
The entrance of the parks in Shanghai, take a while to get through. Vendors of all kinds push their products from unique treats to heaps of plastic toys.
Candy Art
One thing I have only seen in Shanghai, are the Candy Artists, who bicycle around with their candy canvas!
A marble-like slab, one-burner element that houses a pot of melting sugar confection, a few wooden skewers and some carving tools. Right before your eyes, they will create your choice of animal from the Chinese Zodiac.
They usually charge around 10rmb, which equates to about $1.50.
Tiger Baby
Last weekend, our sugar of choice was the Sugarcane Juice.
The vendor brings a tote of peeled and hacked cane, then puts it through a press.
Tastes very sweet with a hint of corn!
Sugarcane Juice Press
In the good weather months, you can count on plastic tubs of pets being sold; rabbits, turtles & gerbils.
We have been told these are not the healthiest of pets to purchase, but O cannot bypass looking at them.
Gerbils & Turtles
Balloons & Kites
Candy-Floss & Candy Crab Apples