cindyluv on the loose!: Shanghai - 2007.12.12 - She Shan Basilica 佘山进教之佑圣母大殿

My last day in Shanghai. Was a sunday and I wanted to go for mass, and I saw this nice church on the hill. Little did I know that this church does not have mass for quite some time already, and the actual mass was in a smaller church beside this one.

And guess what, when we wanted to enter, they actually ask us to pay a sum of RMB30 to enter. like, WTH?? I know that the park is kind of like a tourist attraction, but I mean, to pay for mass?? Ok nvm, then we argued abit, saying that masses are suppose to be free, and the person that answered us said she never heard of such thing. .. WTH???

Ok, nvm. At the end, she asked us to use the side gate which was 500m away. We wanted to walk but got conned by a trishaw cyclist, saying it's VERY FAR, and have to go UPHILL. Okay lor, we took the ride for RMB5. Who knows, it's actually quite near! And because he said in the beginning have to go uphill, we assumed that he'll take us straight to the church's entrace. WHO KNOWS, he just dropped us off at the foot of the hill!! -_- Damn conman.

Ok NVM, when we wanted to get in, there's this.. person guarding the gate, say we have to pay. And we're like, no, we're not gonna pay so just let us in! And he said we have to give him the password.. 0_o This is the most troublesome mass I ever attended... sigh.

At the end, they let us in without paying after much negotiation. By then the mass was all over at the lil church. But luckily I missed it, cause what I saw was during the whole mass beggars were going round and round asking for money. And when u don't give them they'll curse you to hell.

-_-