one of my favorite times of the day is the drive into work ... shanghai at 7:00 am is full of morning markets, guys cleaning & gutting fish and construction workers slurping down noodles before headin up 60 stories to build another one ... something I find really cool is the morning exercises you see people doing ... tai chi, dancing, stretching & singing ... its really fun to watch. my favorite ... and what must be the most obscure ... walking backwards. i kid you not ... many people like to get up early and go for a stroll down the sidewalk ... backwards. i love it