After the last two days of drunken debauchery we were all looking forward to a nice relaxing and quiet day - although we had to be up and out for 10am as the maid comes at this time..So off we travelled, the gorgeous warm weather we had last week has dissapeared and it is teeth chatteringly cold again - although not before Garry insisted on us taking more pictures of the view from the apartment - as this is one of the things we will miss the most!
We decided to take a trip to the Jade Buddha Temple although we have alreadys been to see three other temples what harm could another do - maybe all these temples will bring about some spiritual enlightenment or speed up my trancendence - well once you've seen one Buddha Temple you ahve seen them all - although so we thought. 
This temple contained 3 Jade Buddhas all carved from single pieces of Jade - one of which is guarded by security cameras and cost an extra 10RMB to go and take a look at - unfortunately we were unable to take photos of the 2 smaller jade buddhas - although were were allowed to photograph the Sleeping Buddha, which was the largest of them all - (we are still scratching our heads at this one)
We also took fed the Koi Carp in the pond in the temple grounds - although we couldn't take pictures unless we were going to feed the fish - so after paying £3 for a tiny bag of fish food (this cost more than the entry fee to the temple) we fed the fishies and took lots of photographs!
After the temple it was time for more shopping at Hong Qiao pearl market - this has a whole floor dedicated to pearls and made to measure jewellery which the stall holders would alter to fit there and then...It also gave Jodie the opportunity to once again show us her bartering skills when she managed to strike yet another deal!!
After another busy day it was time for an evening of relaxing...
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