Things to See and Do in Shanghai

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  • Nov 17, 2004: ... pulled up at our darkest moment and whisked us away to the Bund. We took a ride through the Bund tourist tunnel (kind of a ...
  • Feb 23, 2009: ... it got dark as apparently the thing to do is see Shanghai and the Bund at night with all the pretty lights. That was well ...
  • May 6, 2008: ... I take the futuristic tunnel across the river to and walk down the Bund taking in views of the skyline from the other side of ...
  • Jun 14, 2008: ... destination if you are in Shanghai! To view more photos of China, please follow the link below: http://www.flickr.com ...
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  • Jul 4, 2008: ... and Zhou dynasties. Next we stopped at Xintiandi which is a bar and restaurant area. ...
  • Oct 2, 2005: ... so we walked quickly in the direction of Xintiandi, a relatively new area in Shanghai. A couple of friends, Tim and Sarah, ...
  • May 24, 2008: ... apparently university students from an area in Northern China and where in Shanghai on holiday .After trying not to be drawn ...
  • Feb 26, 2007: ... of the moment, I decided to visit my friend Priscilla in Shanghai. China during the New Year is bedlam; its imposible to ...
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  • Jul 17, 2005: ... was working or going to school so Greg and I went to the Shanghai Museum with a plan to go back to the market for some last ...
  • Nov 17, 2004: ... I could live so easily in a city like Shanghai, and probably forget at times that I was in China. You can't walk five feet ...
  • May 7, 2006: ... The next day, under the moon cloud, I head out to the Shanghai Museum. A girl from my dorm offers to be guide. I'm hesitant ...
  • Nov 27, 2005: ... boat cruise, where we saw the more industrial side of shanghai. we go out for a farewell meal, which again was excellent, ...
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  • Jul 15, 2005: ... accentuated by the futuristic and hypodermic needle-like Oriental Pearl Tower, reminiscent of the space needle in Seattle. ...
  • Jul 3, 2008: ... side to see the buildings and skyscrapers and the famous Oriental Pearl TV Tower.  Later I went for a buffet dinner in ...
  • Apr 25, 2006: ... matching whacked out sounds. The Oriental Pearl Tower is the most well known building in Shanghai and stands on this side ...
  • Feb 15, 2006: ... do for the six days? Well, we went high up the Oriental Pearl Tower (see space-age structure in picture above and video) and ...
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  • Jul 4, 2008: ... 1928. It was named the Jade Buddha Temple. When the tour was over, ...
  • Aug 9, 2008: ... .)  They pulled it together enough to check out The Jade Buddha Temple and Old Town. Later that night we all went to ...
  • Jun 23, 2008: This morning we were whisked away to the 'Jade Buddha Temple', a place of significant religious value for many people in ...
  • Sep 28, 2009: Shanghai's Jade Buddha Temple The Jade buddha Temple in Shanghai is unique. It was built to house two jade Buddhas, ...
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  • May 22, 2006: ... took a taxi across the Yangtze River to "Three on the Bund" a great collection of restaurants, galleries and shops located ...
  • Apr 23, 2008: ... , buses, tolls and taxis.  We went to a building called "Three on the Bund" and went to a restaurant on the 7th floor.& ...
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  • Feb 3, 2008: ... the market selling less than genuine products... Science and Technology Museum - A very impressive modern building. Loads ...
  • Apr 9, 2009: ... from Kensie saying that they just got over to the Science and Technology Museum and wondered if we wanted to join.  We ...
  • Apr 24, 2009: ... around we went to one of our favourite museums in Shanghai - Shanghai Science and Technology Museum.  I was so proud of ...
  • Jan 4, 2009: ... We got on our subway here in Shanghai and made our way to the Science and Technology museum. It was a pretty cool museum. ...
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  • Sep 4, 2005: ... Back on the west of the city the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall shows how the city will develop in the future. ...
  • Sep 28, 2009: ... host of the 2010 World Expo and the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall has a large display on it. There are models ...
  • Sep 28, 2009: ... Located on the People's Square across from the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, the museum is one of the best museums ...
  • Sep 28, 2009: ...  by my private car and driver. The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition hall was really quite interesting. It shows ...
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  • Nov 6, 2004: ... river - to see the Pearl tower and the amazing Jin Mao Tower (a 421m-high colossus with inside it a 152m-high atrium) which ...
  • Jul 2, 2008: ... till now.  Started off heading down to see the Jin Mao Tower, this other really cool building that is now the tallest ...
  • Apr 24, 2005: ... the Grand Cafe at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in the Jin Mao Tower (currently the 4th tallest building holding the highest hotel in ...
  • Apr 22, 2005: ... AT SPECIES IN FISH TANK OF RESTAURANT BEFORE ORDERING! JIN MAO TOWER (curretnly the 4th tallest building in the world) ...
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  • Jul 3, 2008: ... so we will probably go next week when we get back to Shanghai. This evening Lorna and I took a walk down The Bund, which is ...
  • Jul 4, 2008: ... the road to the Urban Planning Exhibition which gives an insight into Shanghai in 2020. It's 30 Yuan to get in, but doesn't ...
  • Aug 5, 2008: ... this is not a description of all the Chinese people here in Shanghai. These are the people I remember after a long day of ...
  • Aug 27, 2004: ... And there we are. That was Shanghai, and backpacking around China for a bit. Definitely fascinating. Recommend you all ...
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  • Sep 15, 2006: ... naar hotel en onderweg nog een kaartje gekocht voor het Grand Shanghai Theatre voor vanavond. De avond doorgebracht in het ...
  • Sep 24, 2008: ... about other then its sung in Italian. The Shanghai Grand Theater is amazing, its a modern building that sits right next to ...
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  • Apr 18, 2005: ... 's 3600 seconds) to eat the ever popular Shanghai dumplings in YuYuan Garden(8 yuan for 16 dumplings!), while I shopped for ...
  • Feb 4, 2008: ... and graceful. (http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shanghai/yuyuan_garden.htm) The whole site is just wonderful- ...
  • Mar 7, 2006: ... short. A visit to the old town and Yuyuan garden a classical Chinese garden, created in the 16th century. The old city was ...
  • Sep 28, 2009: Shanghai's Huxinting Teahouse Located right outside of the Yuyuan Garden is the Huxinting Teahouse. It is located in ...
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  • Jul 29, 2009: ... anything to chance. We also booked some tickets to Shanghai Circus World, an acrobatic show recommended in our guide book. ...
  • Jul 3, 2009: ... from Linping Lu down to Century Ave, then transferring lines. Shanghai Circus World has its own stop and it's only two or ...
  • Oct 21, 2008: ... I got back on the subway and went to the Shanghai Acrobat Show at Circus World.  It was very cool!  I was sitting ...
  • Jan 21, 2009: ... early at around 5 o'clock. We then headed to Shanghai circus world to watch a performance by the Shanghai acrobats. Some of ...
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  • Feb 12, 2005: ... being Lunar New Year and all, the tourist center of Yuyuan Bazaar and the accompanying gardens were practically overrun with ...
  • Feb 14, 2008: ... Yuyuan gardens, fought the crowds in the Yuyuan bazaar, seen some part of the Shanghai bar scene, been to some excellent ...
  • Mar 20, 2005: ... 't speak any English but we got along just fine. First stop was Yuyuan Bazaar, in the Old Chinese City, for some tea in a ...
  • Jul 13, 2007: ... Teahouse. We also wander around the Yuyuan Bazaar area. This area is more like the China we had been expecting but hadn't ...
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  • Jul 14, 2007: ... , followed by a walk along the Bund, the elegant riverside promenade which symbolized European and foreign influence and ...
  • Sep 24, 2007: ... Bund by night to be had from the Hagen Daz on the Riverside Promenade so we headed off there. The Chinese cityscapes by night ...
  • Aug 15, 2008: ... we walked along the Bund (which is their famous riverside promenade) to admire the 1920s Art Deco architecture of ...
  • Jun 23, 2007: ... After that experience, we strolled along The Bund, the riverside promenade for a while, avoiding the scammers. The we walked ...