Shanghai and the F1, part 2...

I would've done more research to learn anything about formula 1 racing prior to the race, but I was a bit worried about getting too in to the whole idea of going, and then being unable to get a ticket. So i figured i'd just go and see what would happen. After a semi restless night's sleep, we awoke early and hopped on a subway to the football(soccer) stadium, where we were promptly greeted by a gang of ticket scalpers doing their best to gain our business. At that point, we decided there was no turning back and hopped on the 50yuan roundtrip bus to the race course, which was about 50 minutes from the football stadium(near downtown.) We took the bus out there, and at that point it seemed clear that we had no choice but to go. Forget saving money, this was a once in a lifetime(hopefully not anymore) event, and we had to take advantage of our luck of being in the right place at the right time. Just to make it clear, we weren't even planning on coming to Shanghai, but finding the train to Wuyuan was basically impossible, we wen't straight to Huangshan instead(more on that to come.) Because of the skipping of the small village of Wuyuan, we had a few extra days, and being only a few hours via bus(we opted for a 12 hour and cheaper sleeper train) from Shanghai, we figured we'd come here.  So it was basically luck, being at the right place, at the right time. These are the moments you have to take advantage of when your travelling... The one in a million chance, the things you'd never thought you would see, never dreamed of, but that suddenly become the chance of a lifetime. The momentary decisions that become stories to tell for the rest of your life! We started bargaining(once again, "we" meaning Jin) and soon found ourselves shrugging off the cheap seats, standing room only, which were around 70US, and finding our way into some choice bleacher seats, at around 120 a seat..... still the cheapest of the seated seats. other tickets started at around 190US each, going up to well over 500. continuing to bargain, we eventually got a 2 for 1 deal and ended up sitting on the first curve, with a great view of the opening straightaway, first curve and some other fun curves a bit farther down the track... SICK!!!! Our tickets were amazingly not fake, and we ended up inside the stadium around noon, with the race starting at 3.... more to come...