Comments on: How to Read Shanghai Street Signs http://www.jamiesinz.com/2009/04/how-to-read-shanghai-street-signs/ wanderer extraordinaire Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:07:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kelsi http://www.jamiesinz.com/2009/04/how-to-read-shanghai-street-signs/comment-page-1/#comment-8873 Kelsi Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:15:05 +0000 http://www.jamiesinz.com/?p=1562#comment-8873 Wow! And I thought navigating American roadways was difficult...I will never complain again! Wow! And I thought navigating American roadways was difficult…I will never complain again!

]]> By: Prêt à Voyager http://www.jamiesinz.com/2009/04/how-to-read-shanghai-street-signs/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Prêt à Voyager Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:02:45 +0000 http://www.jamiesinz.com/?p=1562#comment-1195 as if everything in chinese isn't hard enough ;) anne as if everything in chinese isn’t hard enough ;)

anne

]]> By: globagal http://www.jamiesinz.com/2009/04/how-to-read-shanghai-street-signs/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 globagal Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:42:05 +0000 http://www.jamiesinz.com/?p=1562#comment-1173 LOL you are so right about these signs. We have them here where I live, too. At first they were very confusing for me. Speaking of reading maps in Shanghai... One day my husband and I got completely lost in the area of Shanghai Northeast of Suzhou Creek. (I think!) AND it was pouring down rain AND there were no taxis to be found. We just wanted to find the nearest subway, so we thought we'd ask a traffic cop. We even showed him our map (in Chinese) and asked which direction we should go. Wouldn't you know it, the cop had no idea where we were. He didn't even know where the nearest subway was let alone where he was on the map. He eventually called another cop over and they stood in the rain pondering over the map as it slowly disintegrated in the water. We walked off in one direction for about 20 more minutes before stumbling onto a brand new subway station. Soaked to the bone we were quite the sight and quickly became topics of conversation among all the locals. :) LOL you are so right about these signs. We have them here where I live, too. At first they were very confusing for me. Speaking of reading maps in Shanghai… One day my husband and I got completely lost in the area of Shanghai Northeast of Suzhou Creek. (I think!) AND it was pouring down rain AND there were no taxis to be found. We just wanted to find the nearest subway, so we thought we’d ask a traffic cop. We even showed him our map (in Chinese) and asked which direction we should go. Wouldn’t you know it, the cop had no idea where we were. He didn’t even know where the nearest subway was let alone where he was on the map. He eventually called another cop over and they stood in the rain pondering over the map as it slowly disintegrated in the water. We walked off in one direction for about 20 more minutes before stumbling onto a brand new subway station. Soaked to the bone we were quite the sight and quickly became topics of conversation among all the locals. :)

]]> By: elizabeth http://www.jamiesinz.com/2009/04/how-to-read-shanghai-street-signs/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 elizabeth Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:41:10 +0000 http://www.jamiesinz.com/?p=1562#comment-1172 Memories, memories... Beijing with no pinyin right after a 24-hour flight during the New Year Festival. Looking for food turned into totally lost pretty darn fast. Memories, memories… Beijing with no pinyin right after a 24-hour flight during the New Year Festival. Looking for food turned into totally lost pretty darn fast.

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