So it’s goodbye to Canggu. Another early morning start, with a 5.15am alarm call and a Grab to Denpasar airport. Given the hour, the roads are thankfully quiet and we were able to take in our final views of the island.

We are flying with Singapore Airlines, with an initial 3hr ‘hop’ to Singapore before a lay over of a few hours, then a 5hr flight north to Shanghai.

Our flight into Singapore arrived around 1.30pm and we then had 3hrs or so to wander around. We grabbed one of the skytrains and headed to Terminal 3 where there is an abundance of high end shops and restaurants.

Once at Terminal 3 we had time to explore and visited one of the gardens before moving on to the shops for a gander.

Our next flight to Shanghai was just over 5hrs and like the first was with Singapore Airways. The service is always great and we had a pleasant meal and a couple of glasses of wine before settling into movie time. We both watched Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, not a classic but funny, as well as The Idea of You with Anne Hathaway, a better than expected watch.

Arriving into Shanghai Airport was quicker and smoother a transition back into China than we’d imagined. Perhaps due to the lateness, it was after 11.15pm, we went through security & customs and picked up our luggage within 30mins. After a little bit of negotiation we managed to secure a cab into downtown Shanghai for 200yen (£20 give or take) for what was a 40min drive of 25 miles, travelling at warp speed in a Tesla driven by a multi-phoned cabbie!

Our hotel, The Grand Central is ideally located in Huangpu, close to the Bund and the Old City. For reasons unknown our Alipay didn’t work when we tried to pay for our cab fare and thankfully the bell boy was able to step in and pay on our behalf. So kind and helpful, not sure if that would happen in the UK.

By the time we checked in and got to our room and unpacked it was around 1.15am and we were exhausted and soon off to bed.

Tomorrow we plan to explore Yuyuan Garden, God Temple Bazaar, The Bund area and take a night cruise on the Huangpu River. It’s going to be a busy day back on the tourist trail!!