Sex!

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Ok, so that was the morning...at night time I wanted to do the last touristy things in Shanghai. I wanted to go to the other side of the river and go up in the highest tower and take some photos. I know...lame. To get to the other side though, you take the 'sight seeing tunnel'. So we bought a return ticket on the tunnel and as the tower was closed, we bought a ticket that combined access to an underwater treasures museum and the China sex culture and sex health museum.

So...first things first...The tourist 'sightseeing tunnel'. What do you think we were going to see? Tourist sights? No. It's a light show while travelling in a little tram-like carriage. It was hilarious. That they spent that much money on something like this is...well it just is! I'll try and post a video of the start of it. We went through different kinds of lights on the walls of the tunnel and as we did, an enthusiastic voice over with accompanying music explained what we were seeing.

For example:
flashing lights - 'twinkling stars'
red colours moving around (on screens) - Magma
coloured fairy lights hanging from the roof - Heaven and Hell.
neon lines flashing down the tunnel - Swirling tunnel

Hilarious!

We didn't know what to expect once we got off! So we found our way to the exhibitions and went to the fish one first. This was terrible! It was a couple of fish tanks with 'rare and exciting' breeds of fish - really just goldfish. Really ugly goldfish. There was also a whole section of turtles; a couple of live ones in dirty tanks and some in a fake pond full of money and heaps of dead stuffed ones that people had put heaps of money on. We're guessing they're lucky. The weirdest and grossest part of this was walking through the part with stuffed animals and others in jars. It was disturbing, particularly the seal with chunks of fur missing and it's face beginning to dry a little...

Paul feeding the stuffed turtle...

A real one!

This goldfish remembers more than three seconds!!

This one...looks like something went drastically wrong!

And now for the SEX! We hired automatic english guides for this one. It was fairly graphic but really interesting! I'll put some photos up of the best bits and explain as I go....I've been told I can be longwinded....

This was the most tasteful of all of the pictures....I think it's actually pretty.

I thought this one was great. In this culture (Taipei) the women are very highly regarded in the relationship. This devi ce is to let a husband know if his wife wants sex!!! She'll put the penis up or down according to her decision and he checks it when he gets home from work!

This one was awful. It was designed as a punishment for 'unchaste' women. It's a wooden saddle with a wooden phallus attached. They were made to ride a donkey naked down the main street with the penis inside - to further desecrate her.

This is an extremely detailed census of the prostitutes in a certain area. It goes into so much detail that it explains the different types of prostitutes and levels and how much they cost and where they live etc

This one is just funny. It is from Paraguay.

We thought Paul was wearing an appropriate shirt!

Ok, before I go...we have arrived in Jinan! We are moving into our apartment tomorrow!! We're really excited!! YAY!!

ALSO...only one week to go! You should all know what that means!

OVER AND OUT

*TSCHHT*