0 To-Do's and To-Don'ts: How to live while in Shanghai!

Ah Shanghai, home to great food and nightlife as well houses a government that blocks blogger, youtube and facebook for whatever reasons. I’m here to visit relatives, see the expo, and most importantly eat and buy! While I am here I came up with a list of things to take advantage if you ever come to visit(cause you can never experience it in North America!)

- Taxis, find your inner laziness and take a taxi where ever you go! Whether you’re traveling 5km or going around the block during a hot summer day, take a taxi, and in the immortal words of nike just do it!

- Why wash your hair at home when you can go to the nearest salon and get your hair washed and massaged for the price of 1.50$cdn! P.S getting it styled before you go have dinner or nightclub isn’t extra!

- Why buy real when you can get a replicate!(only applies to watches etcs) Because unless you start to money yourself, you shouldn’t buy authentic watches or else your just another one of those spoiled asian kids.

- Foot massages and body massages. Cost of foot massage=>5$cdn, cost of body massage=>10$ and up, feeling of cheap and quality labour=>priceless.
What not to do

- Buy fast cars. Car prices are triple of what it cost in Canada(bmw 325i is around 100,000cdn compared to 40,000 cdn in Vancouver). Plus traveling at the speed of 50km/h max isn’t fun even if your in a Lambo(picking up chicks aside =P).

- Ktv and karaoke means two different things, if you want to sing and drink=.>karaoke, if you want to have hot guys or girls accompany you while you sing=>ktv. Did I mention it will suck your wallet dry or get hustled by bouncers if you cant pay up.