The opening ceremony - a bust (BIZAYON!)

There we were, standing at Shanghai's largest square in front of two huge TV screens, waiting for the kickoff of the opening ceremony. It was 20:07, one minute before and the crowd went wild, flags and everything, and...






NOTHING HAPPENS!

The screens stay black.
At the back, a youngster had a cell phone with a TV, and yelled - hey - its already started!



And... the screen stayed black.

We waited for 20 minutes like morons. Every now and again thinking it will start, but... nothing!
Eventually, hundreds of people started to walk away, and we decided to run back to our guest house and catch what was left of the opening ceremony.

On the way back we managed to get a glimpse at what we were missing, as everyone crowded against every TV they could find (even at a bag store):



Finally, we arrived and squeezed ourselves in front of all other tourists that were already watching it at the guesthouse. It was very nice, when each delegation entered, you could hear someone from that country cheering them up.

It got pretty boring after an hour, so we went to sleep :)

We'll update soon with sights of AMAZING shanghai. Truly. it is one of the most beautiful Asian cities we have been to so far (architectural speaking):