Baxter chose a different location in Shanghai for these series of workshops. I wondered how they could do any better than the last location, until I got there. The Xijao State Guest Hotel is owned and run by the Communist Party. Until a few years ago the hotel was only available to government officials and foreign diplomats. (There are pictures of heads of state all over the walls who've stayed there...Queen Elizabeth, Gorbachev, etc...) The hotel is in the city, but is made up of guest villas tucked away on nearly 1,000 acres of beautifully manicured lawns and gardens. The place was somewhat eerie, as it's so big but there were so few people around. By far more gardeners and hotel attendants than people staying in the villas. It was incredible seeing the amount of busy work the goverment provides for people.Here are a few more pictures of the gardens:
And of Shanghai:
Statue of Mao Zedong (the one in the back)
The Pudong River - Last year we took a night cruise up this river that runs through the middle of the city...incredible skyline.
A temple turned retail shop on the oldest street in Shanghai.
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