Shanghai

Next we went to Shanghai. We stayed in an apartment near People's Square.

We visited the Town Planning model to orientate ourselves in the city.

The model lit up with night lights.

Next we walked down Nanjing Road, the famous shopping street.

Many buildings looked like they were from a Sci Fi movie set.

At the end of Nanjing Road is the Bund. They had EXPO themed gardens on the dyke with a view across to Pudong.

Mao statue on The Bund.

Stephen looking across to Pudong.

Victory statue along The Bund.

Chinglish advice is to go backwards away from the piss.

We went across to Pudong through the sightseeing tunnel. I felt it was saying something profound about modern China by crowding us into driverless trains past $2 shop bricabrac hidden from the river and skyline. Stephen was not so sure.

Waving at passing trains.

Pudong Tower up close.

Pudong roundabout with Expo garden.

Pudong highrise.

Haibo Expo Mascot was everywhere.

Pudong highrise from riverfront.

Chinese food.

On our last day we went to an old Chinese garden near our apartment. This is the 9 ZigZag bridge.

Goldfish.

Entrance lions. Male foot on world, female on cubs.

Round doorway.

We caught the Maglev to the airport. It went up to 450kmh but only got to 301kmh on our trip. Very smooth and quiet except passing another train at 602kmh which gave an unsettling jolt and deep fast boom that stopped my heart cold.

 

Souvenir shopping at the airport.