7 September

Tianjin, China.
 
Today began fairly late, my cold is slowly getting the better of me and I didn't get very much sleep last night. I asked at reception where I could buy some luggage on wheels that were at Chinese prices, not the european prices I had seen in the department stores. A short taxi ride saw me at a 5 story market, luggage was found at a very reasonable price. I left the luggage with the stall holder while I had a wander around but saw nothing that caught my eye. Five story markets are really excellent for finding stuff you need, but really bad for finding stuff you've already bought! After an hour and a half of searching for my luggage stall I was pooped out. With my new cheapo luggage found it was back to the hotel for an afternoon of rest, coughing and sleep! At 5pm I was up and about again and off to the local temple of heavenly somethingness, except it was closed, damn, this is my last free day in Tianjin and I wanted to see it. A walk around the temple area revealed traditional chinese medicine shops, palmists, toaists and communists by the dozen. I saw some lovely jade but it all came with horrible prices so I gave that a miss.