(I’ll be posting on behalf of Naomi today!) It’s been a week since I left rainy Vancouver with 3 of my girlfriends for Asia and it seems like I brought the rain with me. The first stop was Shanghai and the city didn’t really feel like I was in Asia – probably because of the high number of expats we encountered and the very modern/expensive feel of the city.

We were only here for 2 days so we tried to make the most of it. The hotel we stayed at, Swissotel, was amazing and the service was great.

After shanghai we left for Guangzhou which is supposed to have some amazing food and we were not disappointed. We ate dimsum every day and had our share of xiao long bao (dumpling). Our days were filled with shopping and getting the most painful two hour massage for $15 Canadian. I felt like a bag of jello afterwards.

We are currently in Taipei and eating our way through the city. The food is amazing here and there are tons of new and exciting things to tempt our palettes. A notable place we ate was a restaurant called Modern Toilet.

The seats are made of toilets and you eat food out of toilet bowls and drink out of urinal shaped cups. The food is average and it’s more the novelty factor.

The Taipei 101 building is also very cool. It was the tallest building in the world until 2003 I believe. Tonight is our last night in Taipei and we’re off to Hong Kong tomorrow for the next 5 days before heading home. I’m excited to see what adventures Hong Kong has to offer. Here are a few other snaps from the trip which include a pair of goldfish converse shoes I picked up!