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I didn't get a good shot, because there were so many people and umbrellas crashing into each other, but this is a tiger made entirely out of cans of Pepsi products:
I'm not sure how this is supposed to be a tiger. Maybe it's not a tiger.
Connected to the square are the Yuyan gardens:
This is just a lot of people:
After this we went to the French Concession shopping district, but it was deserted and we just walked through quickly, so no photos. Earlier in the day, on the way to lunch, we were supposed to visit some famous Jade Buddha, but the line was so inconceivably long that we struck it from the itinerary. I actually wanted to take a picture of the miles of people standing in line at each corner of the block, but the guide was walking really fast, there were umbrellas everywhere, and it was all cold and wet, so not the best time to bust out the camera.
I think I got home around 3 or 4, and I was so tired from not sleeping the night before and being out all day in the rain that I took a nap when I got back. I then tried to go out and find a restaurant for supper in the evening, but had no luck. The next day I found out that if I had gone to the block parallel to my street, I would have found plenty of stuff, but from the look of the area surrounding it, there was nothing there. I had walked in one direction for a while, found nothing, and saw nothing on either side of me while walking, so I figured I just wasn't close to much. I ended up eating a very nice duck soup in the hotel restaurant, though, so it was fine. The rest of the night I spent watching movies and resting.
The next day I thought I wasn't going to be able to leave China that day, because I had no yuan left, and the hotel wouldn't change Korean money. I was told the bank adjacent to the hotel would change it for me, but when I went, I found that to be wrong. Then I went back to the hotel, and asked about another bank, but had been getting different stories from a number of people as to whether that bank, or any other banks, would even be open, because of the holiday over the weekend. I asked the concierge to help me, and after hearing my situation, he actually told me he had no ideas. I was shocked and dismayed, since I had at least a couple myself. He ended up having someone call the nearby Bank of China, which was open, but I was told I would have to make an appointment and might not get my money for two days or something, but that if I went to the bank and begged or something, maybe they could help. This was stupid advice. I went to the bank, prepared to have to explain myself fully and plead for help, but they just treated me like anyone else, gave me the form, and exchanged my money, no problem. Jeez.
All this took so long that I thought I was going to be late to the airport, but it all worked out in the end, and I went home and rested for the remainder of the day after I got back to Ulsan.
