Showing posts with label Shanghai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shanghai. Show all posts

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Hey, pearl necklace

After an absolute waste of time at an unremarkable lake we began the day. In-store today we're off to a freshwater pearl factory, which turned out to be a warehouse in a business park. The tour, as it turns out is a shopping spree between these government warehouses specializing in local goods.
I dipped out toward a palace I saw on Maps.ME 1.5km away. The temple was undergoing a massive upgrade to include a Buddha laying on his side in a sexy pose. The massive buddha will be inset into a man-made cave in the mountain behind the temple. Gocarts and helicopter tours will grace the grounds once it is finished. The future amusements will