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Sunday morning Shanghai, Shanghai, China travel blog

Sunday morning Shanghai

A travel blog entry by bagman

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My host and interpreter on this trip, Yang Kai, is a very thoughtful young man. He's done a lot to spruce up the Shanghai office to make it comfortable. He purchased a very nice duvet for me to sleep in, set the heater to 30 celcius, even bought a box of ...

Shanghai!., Shanghai, China travel blog

Shanghai!.

A travel blog entry by jeroenandlinda

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We did not do much in the morning and headed out around nine thirty. At noon we have our China Eastern flight to Shanghai, and it is quite a drive to the airport. We booked our tickets in Beijing, where the folks at the hotel were most helpful. As the ...

Morning in Shanghai, Shanghai, China travel blog

Morning in Shanghai

A travel blog entry by budz888

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... it was actually like inside. The hotel doesn't look so bad from the outside and indeed it was quite nice. Hah, at Shanghai airport I was wandering around thinking 'ah yes, the bookshop will be over there..', then I remembered that I'd never been ...

Shang-Hello, Shanghai, China travel blog

Shang-Hello

A travel blog entry by emmaandemma

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... to cross paths with him at some point later on. So now for the first time there is only the 2 of us. Our journey to Shanghai was much less traumatic thankfully. It was only 17 hours and overnight so we had a hard sleeper which wasn't too hard at all ...

Shanghai in a day!, Shanghai, China travel blog

Shanghai in a day!

A travel blog entry by madman96

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... ; I summon myself in time for a scrumptious dinner and head out to Xan Tian Di, the most popular nightlife neighborhood in Shanghai.  It rivaled Clarke Quay in Singapore, but only in appearance as it wasn't nearly as wild with a much more ...

Transportation and the People, Shanghai, China travel blog

Transportation and the People

A travel blog entry by bagman

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... in Japan, none of these bikes were locked up. Look up the screen from this text and you'll see three examples of Shanghai bicycles. This is a 'Forever' bike - they're everywhere - especially popular is a version for the ladies Then there are the ...

November 17, 2004, Shanghai, China travel blog

November 17, 2004

A travel blog entry by luolan

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... who live in the big cities, like Shanghai and Beijing. 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 without bumping into a foreigner. Everything felt so...normal. We went out ...

A Short Trip to Hangzhou, Suzhou and Shanghai (3), Shanghai, China travel blog

A Short Trip to Hangzhou, Suzhou and Shanghai (3)

A travel blog entry by cristinaw

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... styles from old China to modern influences in the buildings. It is a must-see metropolitan destination if you are in Shanghai! To view more photos of China, please follow the link below: ...

Wrapping It Up, Shanghai, China travel blog

Wrapping It Up

A travel blog entry by somasized

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... in Bolivia, but this is the first chance I have had in the last several weeks to sit down and breathe a bit. After returning from Shanghai I was in a wedding, went to the U2 show, took in a Cubs game and got ready to leave the country for seven to eight ...

A visit to a traditional water village, Zhujiajiao, China travel blog

A visit to a traditional water village

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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Today we had booked on to one of the trips organised by the hostel to Zhujiajiao water village about 1 1/4 hours out of Shanghai centre.  The minibus collected us at 9.30am and we found that ourselves and the 'Irish' had been joined by two young ...

Have you heard of Tsingtao?, Shanghai, China travel blog

Have you heard of Tsingtao?

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... card for 7 pounds so Andrew didn't feel too bad about not buying it in Beijing.  Then we went to the Shanghai Museum, China's most comprehensive museum, which was free to get in and kept us entertained for a couple of ...

Mimi is in Shanghai, Shanghai, China travel blog

Mimi is in Shanghai

A travel blog entry by mikeysoft

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Mimi arrived in Shanghai with all her luggage. She got a SIM card for her cell phone, which I just called. I have the map pin on Mimi's home in Shanghai. It is right on her home because the map can be zoomed in a lot when entering ...

A night in Bunderland, Shanghai, China travel blog

A night in Bunderland

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... decided to stay put in Shanghai (it had all started to feel a bit planes, trains and automobiles recently anyway).  The Shanghai Expo starts on Saturday but tickets are sold out for the first few days so we are hoping to catch that later ...

First Impressions, Shanghai, China travel blog

First Impressions

A travel blog entry by somasized

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... a day on the streets of Shanghai. In a city of 18 million I am surprised it isn't more. And apparently Shanghai has the best drivers in all of China. Think about this; China has 5% of the world's vehicles, but is responsible for 17% of the world's driving ...

Heavy expectations..., Shanghai, China travel blog

Heavy expectations...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... of China, I thought it appropriate to present the Top 5 signs that Shanghai is more modern than the rest of China. Note that I have been in Shanghai only a couple of days. 5. Smartcard hostel keys - a mere swipe is all that is required. 4. The ...

Bumming in Shanghai, Shanghai, China travel blog

Bumming in Shanghai

A travel blog entry by exploreamerica

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I didn't do much of anything today.  Slept in, checked internet and relaxed at my hotel.  Went out for happy hour drinks at a nearby beer garden and then picked up ...

Shining, shimmering, splendid..., Shanghai, China travel blog

Shining, shimmering, splendid...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... and private school kids that I know). Everything reflects this, but in particular the Shanghai fashion. Different from much of CHina, the Shanghai locals seem extremely fashion conscious and remind me much more of Korea. It's still not Milan, but it's ...

We're back in Shanghai, Shanghai, China travel blog

We're back in Shanghai

A travel blog entry by mikeysoft

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... back to Shanghai. It also gave us time to wash our stuff and a place to leave all the stuff we got during the last week. We are leaving Shanghai in the morning to Beijing. The 2 hour flight cost 580 rmb, about $75.00 USD including all taxes and ...

Its my birthday and I'm having a party, Shanghai, China travel blog

Its my birthday and I'm having a party

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... of getting up early. After two and a half hours of watching trying to find an opportunity to join in we headed back for some Shanghai steamed buns then another hour in bed. Still waiting for the flood of cards and presents from you all but I guess I will ...

Gan Bei!!!, Shanghai, China travel blog

Gan Bei!!!

A travel blog entry by somasized

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... I have been keeping pretty busy during the day as well. I spent an entire day in the Shanghai museum, an homage to the early art works of China. The bronze and jade collections were brilliant, and the currency exhibit was fascinating. They actually used ...

The slow train to Shanghai, Shanghai, China travel blog

The slow train to Shanghai

A travel blog entry by nickiemoore

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... massive conical 'Axis', the bridges and features were glowing and pulsating every colour, with the neon glow of the Shanghai skyline as a backdrop. Questionably extravagant but undeniably beautiful. To get a flavour of historic Shanghai we explored the ...

Shanghai Nights, Shanghai, China travel blog

Shanghai Nights

A travel blog entry by meercatvinny

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... . We had lunch in Cloud 9, the highest cafe in the world, on Sunday on the 87th Floor of the highest building in Shanghai the Marriott Grand hotel. The views were amazing, you could see every direction for miles. The river cruise is pretty cool as ...

Shanghai, Shanghai, China travel blog

Shanghai

A travel blog entry by kimandrob

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... architecture creating a remarkable city skyline. The views from the Oriental Pearl Tower were breathtaking. People's Square and the Shanghai Musuem - a fine collection, but perhaps starting to feel we have seen enough Ming and Qing relics for one ...

getting my bourgeois on., Shanghai, China travel blog

getting my bourgeois on.

A travel blog entry by guavamama

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So I realize this is a bit of a cop out, but this is what you get for the rest of my time in Shanghai - pictures.  My schedule has just been too crazy with visits, future visits and the end of the school year coming...uh, now, for me to go into a lot ...

Shanghai Expo 2010 - Day 3, Shanghai, China travel blog

Shanghai Expo 2010 - Day 3

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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... and face altering machines?), Afganistan (the land of opportunity?), Bangladesh (lots of crafts), Pakistan (hanging grapes?), China (robots that you couldn't tell the difference from humans, dragons, Terra-Cotta warriors), and Morocco ...

Shanghai Expo 2010 - Day 1, Shanghai, China travel blog

Shanghai Expo 2010 - Day 1

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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Ok well we have now been in Shanghai for several days waiting for the much hyped Expo. After seeing the opening ceremony I think it deserves some stats. There have only been 16 Expos and they have happened in 10 countries. China will tell you ...

Shanghai city tour, Shanghai, China travel blog

Shanghai city tour

A travel blog entry by exploreamerica

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... nbsp; In the end I not only bought tea byut also a beautiful Chinese tea set. Later in the day we visited the Shanghai Museum.  Unfortunately, the guide did not give me too much time but I enjoyed what I saw.  They had a ...

Hangovers, washing and mice shops, Shanghai, China travel blog

Hangovers, washing and mice shops

A travel blog entry by andrewanderica

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After a hard night at the office and a 03:30am end to the evening it was a long hard morning which was fairly unproductive. We went for a walk to a park in the glorious sunshine and it was nice to have the shorts back on. We also went to a flea market of ...

We'll Both in Shanghai, China now., Shanghai, China travel blog

We'll Both in Shanghai, China now.

A travel blog entry by mikeysoft

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... . The new subway will not take the apartment but she is worried about other projects taking the building sometime in the future. We plan to leave for Hongzhou in a few days, then to Yellow Mountain. Then back to Shanghai before we take a longer ...

Where Past, Present, and Future collide, Shanghai, China travel blog

Where Past, Present, and Future collide

A travel blog entry by bootsmade4wlkin

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... I both knew that these exchanges, both cultural and personal, were something special. As we wandered the back alleys of Shanghai, ate in beautifully deocrated old Shanghainese restaurants, and took in a mesmerizing acrobatics show, I think that in the ...

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