Nanjing Lu (Nanjing Road) Shanghai

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A question we keep getting is about the weather. It's very cold here. We have no idea what this means off the top of our heads but it's anywhere …

Well it's Sunday of a long weekend here in Shanghai and my first week is over. My first week of teaching started out a little on the irksome side, but ended up on a good note. I didn't realize how much the kids wouldn't understand so I've had to go back and revamp most of the lessons I made up. But they'll get there because even though they don't …

I left off in my last entry about a week before school started. The Monday before school, I think I literally did nothing. We had been sightseeing the weekend before and I was exhausted. And it was so super hot outside, so we relaxed and tried to prepare mentally for school stuff. I finally got to see the school that I'm teaching at for the first …

Yesterday we took a 2 hour flight from Chengdu to Shanghai! Our shuttle bus driver was pretty insane... and honestly had the craziest and bumpiest ride yet! The flight went pretty well, although we didn't take off until an hour after we were supposed to, and when we got to Shanghai it was pouring rain! I was surprised though, that on our flight we …

When we arrived in Shanghai I felt as if I was no longer in China. Shanghai is efficient and modern, its citizens fashion forward. Shining skyscrapers against bright blue sky lined clean un-cluttered streets and we were able to leave the train station without being accosted by dozens of desperate scam artists …

15 hours sat on the hard seat with moving anywhere on train, finally I hit the megapolitan city and most modern city in China, Shanghai! My host, Jason picked me up in the railway station and guided me first to his place. His family was very friendly and kind. The grandma treated me a lunch. God! what a delicious chinese lunch I had.

Jason …

Shanghai was probably the easiest and most comfortable city that I went to in China and it is where I ended the China section of my trip. It doesn’t feel like China to me. It’s a huge city that is very diverse, but it feels a lot more westernized. Everything seemed really modern here.
I only was here 2 days and didn’t have …

Shanghai is a city unlike other major ones I have visited before. In comparison to London, New York or Paris there aren't any infamous must-see sights. It still has the hustle and bustle of city life that you would expect, the Bund riverfront, and large high-rise buildings - however there is nothing comparable to the London Eye, the Eiffel Tower or …

We told Kevin about our excursion last night. He taught me how to say Vietnamese "Yuenanren". Also, he said he saw hookers at the Karaoke bar one time. I guess those girls weren't part of a bridal party...

Today is our only free day. We get the option to follow Kevin or venture out alone. Almost half the group ventured out. We were doing …

21-08-2012 Shanghai
Hello Shanghai We meet up with Sanne!!! Sanne, who lives with Koen in Shanghai volunteered to show us around. We have been to a beautiful park, the most famous bund area, we cooked a delicious meal together, drank a beer in the French concession and saw young rock bands perform like there was no tomorrow. All in all we had …

... there we found the building only had 7 floors and the cafe was long gone. Cheers Lonely Planet! So we kept walking down Nanjing Lu, at a very slow pace as it was still very crowded, to look for another place whilst constantly being asked if we wanted ...

... my ass on the bike. When we got back, the four of us decided to go out to dinner at a place called South Memory near Nanjing Lu, where we had been earlier. The food, traditional Hunan fare, was great and we had a very fun time, except that they ...

... , past several vendors, and found myself in the heart of the Bund's Huangpu district. "Ahh! so this is the famous Nanjing Lu  shopping street," Left aligned photo tag: I pondered as I strolled aimlessly along the eastern most section. I entered ...

... the most impressive I'd seen in china, it was weird to think that just 1 block down was this modern city. We headed back to Nanjing Lu, the main shopping street to look around and make a few phone calls at the Internet cafe I managed to lose the map in ...

... a translation thing, maybe it was the government I didn't know. A walk in people squares then down nanjing lu, gave me more of a feel for Shanghai I had decided already this was my favorite Chinese city, partly because it was the most modern and partly ...

... but I mistook the direction and found myself having to walk back again; rather time-consuming. back on Nanjing Lu, I encountered the more seedier side to Shanghai. One of two prostitutes approached me and asked, "do you want lady? How about a ...

... been walking for quite a long time, so I thought it was a good time to wind up our wanderings and head back towards Nanjing Lu. With the daylight hours starting to dwindle and our feet growing rather tired, we returned to the French Concession for a ...

... , Mongolia and Russia not the easiest plus I didn't actually have time to type. So here we go with the update..... Shanghai, China 24-27th June 2007. Arrived in Shanghai ok (our last flight - movies Jindabyne (v.g.), The outrageous Bettie Paige ...

Gestern ging es erstmal zum Fruehstueck zu Element Fresh an der Nanjing Lu, wo es laut unserem Reisefuehrer "the best Western breakfast in town" geben soll. Nachdem uns nett die Tuer geoeffnet wurde, erblickte ich ein bekanntes Gesicht. Es fanden sich 4 ...

... to see a performance of the Huangpu Acrobatic Performers. I thought I'd go tomorrow. I accompanied them to a hot pot restaurant above Nanjing Lu. It was very crowded, and we had to wait nearly half an hour before a table became available. 'Hua Guo' is ...