Shanghai on National holiday

Or maybe it was?
Shanghai, on National Holiday, had the population of Australia gathered in it's People's park. A scary thought and even a scarier sight!
Eve and I decided to go to the Modern Museum of Art. Something we knew would be a challenge but didn't really realize, what a challenge, it really would be. Brave and well fed, we ventured a walk to the Jade Buddha Temple. We were pretty successful and made it there pretty much unscathed. Just a few photo's of us with locals, along the way.
The population of a small country town was gathered inside the temple walls, so it was a bit difficult to see the actually Jade Buddha. Just watching the locals celebrating and praying was enough of a cultural experience and we left happy and seeking our next destination.
After a long wait and practically jumping in to a moving taxi, we found our way to Remnin Park (People's Park).
Oh, My, God! It was a sea of back hair (plus the occasional Blonde colour gone orange!) people were shoulder to shoulder. It was as if we had come across a wall of protection and there was no way to penetrate the wall. That's the upside of hanging out with a Blonde. The wall parted like Jesus and the red sea. It was great. Like a modern miracle.
After a few lewd tongue gestures from an old, disgusting man and the usual grunts and stares from the crowd, we made it to the Museum. As we entered we we greeted by a huge LCD display of the communal weight, of the people, in the museum. Kinda a scary thought really. We proceeded through the gallery looking at some fantastic work but soon, we became tired of banging shoulder to shoulder with the population. So we seeked out lunch. Something you think would be easy but with the entirety of the Australian population, in one place, just getting to the street corner was tiresome. Then it started to bucket down! Bloody give me a break. Now I was cold, hungry and bloody exhausted!
Eventually we found a great little bento box restaurant, with great food, at the cost of a chocolate bar. China is exhausting at the best of times but this was going to kill me....Especially after trying to book a onward ticket to Qingdao.
After a few hours Eve and I found the ticket office, lined up for and hour and was told there wouldn't be any tickets, anywhere, for at least a week!
What!
My time was running out and I still had a few places I wanted to see! Eeeekkk.
What's a woman to do. After consultation with a few people, I decided I had to sacrifice a few destinations and treat myself to a flight. I was going to head straight to Beijing after Shanghai. This way I was still on track and it seemed like my only option for moving in the next week or so. Oh well, the sacrifices we make.