Dispatches from Shanghai, China
Arrived by Ferry on Sunday, August 9th, 2009 at 10:00am local time
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Shanghai is a migraine waiting to happen
Early in the morning of our third day out from Osaka on the ferry, we entered the mouth of a narrow river. Both sides were grim and industrial, lined with docks and hulking cranes. Lots of rusted little boats were tied to the concrete embankments beside slate-grey military ships with


















