Old French Concession Shanghai

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By the time I got out to the airport it was about 8:30 pm, Saturday, February 18 (Shanghai Time). I was to take Bus 6 to the last stop, and go to my Hostel (Rock and Wood). Bus 6 was to leave at 9pm. I decided to wait half an hour. This seemed like a horrible decision, but I didnt feel like taking the train (so I could see …

It took me a while to get out of the Hostel. Getting up a little before 8am, and leaving by about 10:30am...I showered, and came down to re-do the plan I had made the night before. Oh, and I also spoke with Jaime for about 40 minutes about her stay in China.

Jaime
Jaime had been in China for 5 weeks, and would go running every morning …

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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 …

Shanghai is a very nice city. However it is no Beijing. The main difference comes in terms of tourism, in Beijing you could spend days and days checking out all the great sights. Shanghai is very different, it is much cleaner to start and much less tourist orientated and massively orientated towards businessmen. For this reason, even more people …

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 …

On Tuesday we set out to do Day 2 of Frommer's Shanghai. We walked from the hotel to Peoples square with only a couple of navigational challenges. Although Shanghai streets have both Chinese and English names somehow the combination makes navigating harder(Well that’s my excuse (Pat) and I am sticking to it.).

Dodging traffic in the …

Entry containing 4 photos titled: Yuyuan Gardens, Streets and stalls in the French Concession, Our dinner in the French Concession, The ugliest cat ever

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At 4:30AM we wake up from the wind and rain beating against our windows. When we check around 7 AM, the rain has stopped but it is really windy, no boats are on the river and there isn't even one person walking on the Bund. By 8:30AM the rain is back again! I guess it will be that sort of day. We have our …

Vorum komin a hostelid i Shanghai um 17 leytid thann 6.jan. Vid hofdum pantad dorm i annad skiptid i ferdinni en vid vorum sem sagt lika i dorm a Kings Joy med tveimur stelpum, Russa og Venezuelabua en thaer voru badar ad vinna i Peking sem ensku kennarar.I thetta skiptid vorum vid med 2 Thjodverjum i herbergi, heldum reyndar fyrst ad stelpan …

6.45 am: I was already making my way - walking like a heavily pregnant lady - towards the subway station. A new day to reach a new city. It was pretty cold outside, probably 0 degrees. The subway wasn't too crowded at 7 in the morning. Blessed much. Alighted at Beijing South Railway without any problems. By 7.45 am I was already holding a high …

... that my friend, Mingzhu had found me somewhere to stay in the relatively tranquil, tree-lined streets near the Old French Concession. It's an obvious observation to make, but the Pudong skyline is spectacular, framed as it is against the Huangpu ...

... time of 11am. However, we combined H&M with sight-seeing, as it was on one of the main drags in the old French concession. Apart from the art deco architecture and numerous 'bakeries' (a concept that is often very different from what we would class ...

... the road and organized our plane tickets for the rest of our travels around China. Then we headed into the old French Concession area of Shanghai, where we had a really yummy Chinese meal at an up-market restaurant - still very cheap, considering we ...

... 20th century colonial skyscrapers, and the other, less obvious areas of colonial architecture, such as the old French Concession, now a vaguely pretentious cafe district. Aimlessly wandering the streets doesn't come up with much of interest beyond ...

Well last night was St. Patrick's day (Shanghai time), and it wasn't too bad. I headed down to the old French concession area (that is the part of town that the Chinese had to conceed to the French after the Opium Wars). Its full of western architecture, ...

... am currently sitting in a little café with free wifi.  It is one of many french style bakeries.  Living in the old French Concession has some kicks. Photos will be coming soon, I am planning to explore the city this weekend and do the tourist ...

... Mahal photos were gone as well! Gosh, sometimes God CAN BE merciless. :(   3.40 pm: I was making my way to the Old French Concession. I had no idea what's with all the hype about this place but since I was already there might as well pop by. It's a ...

... nbsp;             The tour ended in Xintiandi, or the old French concession which has been very well preserved.  The architecture is magnificent, but it has all been turned into restaurants ...

... Canal Tour. Shanghai is our first stop in China. After 1 hour drive, we arrived at our hotel in the old French Concession the downtwon Shanghai. Then we toured to the Yuyuan Bazzar and its Environs, and the Bund. The followings are some introduction on ...

... on either side of the river. The next day, we saw a more intimate picture of life in Shanghai.  We visited Fuxin Park in the old French Concession.  The most striking thing about the park was the liveliness of the senior citizens.  As you ...