For me, bartering is a lot better than paying full price for a product. You can get a 200 Yuan item for only 50 Yuan. That is a good deal. I am not good at it, but I am with a group that knows how. The mall full of vendors was the perfect place to barter. We went there today to see all of the different things they were selling. It was not like the shopping malls in America. Here there are little stores, but they are so small that there are so many lined up next to each other. In this mall, there were 4 levels of shops. They had everything, from toys and 
hats to paintings and jewelry.
hats to paintings and jewelry.Being in Shanghai was really fun. We got to go to the YuYuan Garden, the market, the Jade Buddha Temple, and the Bund. We first went to the YuYuan Garden. We had to get on the bus and drive a little way to the entrance; and after there we had to walk a little distance to see the sites around the garden. We then had to walk through the market area and a few shops to get to the main entrance of the garden. As we entered the garden, there were so many different formations of nature and beautiful buildings to be seen there. There were rockeries, ponds, cloisters, pavilions and halls. One of the neatest things to see there was the huge hand stacked rockery. It is a popular site to climb to the top and view the entire garden, but tourists are no longer allowed to climb up it. We walked around the garden a little more seeing small waterfalls, k
oi fish, beautiful trees, and the building structures, walls, gates and arches, in the garden. There was a magnificent dragon-like creature sculpted along the top of the surrounding garden wall. After being amazed at the garden we left to go shop at the market we had walked through. We split up into our groups and walked around the shops as we pleased. There were a lot of people in the market buying and selling things. We even saw a Starbucks Coffee and a Baskin Robins. My group though stopped at a dumpling restaurant to eat some dumplings. Then, we went to some shops and looked around for a while. Later, it was time for us to meet back with everybody in front of the Starbucks Coffee. After we were all done at the market, we came out the same way we had entered from. We then drove to lunch at a very crowded restaurant. But we had reservations, so we had our own private room to eat in. When we finished lunch, we went to the Jade Bu
ddha Temple. There were a lot of statues and even bigger Buddha statues than before. People were praying in front of them inside a building. Probably to pay there respects and hope for a good life. To them, this was a sacred place where their religion was being practiced for over a hundred years. We walked through the different rooms seeing all of the jade statues and artifacts. It was really neat to see everything they worship compared to what I believe in. I was not able to get a lot of pictures of the idols because they asked for no photography. When we were all done we went back to our hotel to relax and enjoy the last night in Shanghai.
oi fish, beautiful trees, and the building structures, walls, gates and arches, in the garden. There was a magnificent dragon-like creature sculpted along the top of the surrounding garden wall. After being amazed at the garden we left to go shop at the market we had walked through. We split up into our groups and walked around the shops as we pleased. There were a lot of people in the market buying and selling things. We even saw a Starbucks Coffee and a Baskin Robins. My group though stopped at a dumpling restaurant to eat some dumplings. Then, we went to some shops and looked around for a while. Later, it was time for us to meet back with everybody in front of the Starbucks Coffee. After we were all done at the market, we came out the same way we had entered from. We then drove to lunch at a very crowded restaurant. But we had reservations, so we had our own private room to eat in. When we finished lunch, we went to the Jade Bu
ddha Temple. There were a lot of statues and even bigger Buddha statues than before. People were praying in front of them inside a building. Probably to pay there respects and hope for a good life. To them, this was a sacred place where their religion was being practiced for over a hundred years. We walked through the different rooms seeing all of the jade statues and artifacts. It was really neat to see everything they worship compared to what I believe in. I was not able to get a lot of pictures of the idols because they asked for no photography. When we were all done we went back to our hotel to relax and enjoy the last night in Shanghai. 
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