Gates of The City God Temple, ZhujiajiaoJust opposite the gates of The City God Temple is a large frieze but I couldn't see anything that tells what it portrays. Possibly it's a tale of The City God vanquishing some evil foe.
Frieze opposite City God Temple, ZhujiajiaoLeaving the City God Temple I ambled further on and came to the Qing Dynasty era Post Office.
Qing Dynasty Post OfficeThe Qing Dynasty Post Office was one of 13 around Shanghai established around 1903 as the notice board says. There is a large cast iron post box with a dragon entwined around it just outside of post office itself.
Qing Dynasty cast-iron Post Box
Qing Dynasty cast-iron Post BoxBy this time I had been wandering around for about four and a half hours, and apart from a half-hour at lunch I hadn't sat down at all. The previous day I had developed Plantar Fasciitis in my right foot (although I didn't know what it was at the time) which mad walking quite painful. Anyway I thought I'd call it a day so I crossed yet another bridge to get back to the main part of the village and headed towards where the buses would be. I got there just as the bus I came on was getting ready to leave so I jumped gratefully on board for the trip back to Shanghai. I think they just fill up the bus and when it is full they head off - pretty much like the practice with buses in rural East Africa.
On arrival back at the bus terminal in Shanghai I had my first experience of hailing a taxi by myself. Having flagged one down I showed my St Regis Hotel directions card to the taxi driver who got me back their without getting lost, for which I was very happy.
Not being particularly hungry that night I thought I would try out the in-house Chinese restaurant at the hotel. There weren't many people in the main part of the restaurant but a couple of the private rooms were in use. I had a dish with crumbed chicken served in a very nice orange sauce - very tasty.
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