Country Info
- Beijing
- Capital
- Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
- Currency
- 1,273,111,290
- Population
- CN
- Country Code
Shanghai Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Shanghai, China
And so we return
This is a top pick! ... hand Shandy Shower songs:- deftones-knife party, clutch:- eight times over miss October, s club 7:- s club party ( i had a long shower) Shanghai is not my favorite place we've been so far. Its very much your typical metropolis, shopping centres, Star ...
Shanghai and the Museum
This is a top pick! ... leave the jacket in the bag now I think. Mind you, our monastery visit might be a lot cooler up in the mountains. Shanghai is clearly a cosmopolitan city, lots of high rise buildings and apartment blocks. Lots of western shops and big brands. I've taken ...
The Bund, Old Streets and Pet Market
This is a top pick! ... and wallets intact. And at 10pm, I was so whacked, I fell asleep. Best thing: the old streets of shanghai Worst thing: Hopeless Stupid Bollocks Corporation Most beautiful: view across to Pudang Funniest: being persuaded to buy under the ...
Top 10 List
This is a top pick! Stacey's Top 12 Least Pleasant Memories of China: 1. Crowds: With a counted 1.3 billion habitants, there is very little solitude in China. Add visiting tourist attractions and the number multiplies exponentially. This innate lack of personal space ...
Relaxing in Shanghai
This is a top pick! Hello my Limehouse friends! I'm now in Shanghai, which is further down the East coast of China, as you can see from the map. We flew here very early on Friday morning and spent the last three days wandering and exploring this beautiful city. ...
A Rest Day then Train to Xi'An
This is a top pick! 11:32 This morning i spent more time on the internet as I Uploaded pictures in preparation for wifi and adding words. I had a great long sleep. 12 hours i reckon. We had an early lunch at a restaurant across the road. There are actually about 6 ...
Shanghai'd again!
This is a top pick! After nearly a day of plane travel and airport waiting, I landed in cold, dark, and effiecient Pudong airport of Shanghai. The Chinese rarely heat public buildings this far south and they tend to not waste electricity on luxuries such as ...
Falling in love with old Shanghai
This is a top pick! So the Chinese New Year has passed; on the spur of the moment, I decided to visit my friend Priscilla in Shanghai. China during the New Year is bedlam; its imposible to travel before the official New year celebration and its chaos during the 10 day ...
Fast Train to Shanghai
This is a top pick! ... by his effort to assist his young Chinese girlfriend to get accepted into graduate programs at Harvard and MIT. Day 2 in Shanghai I connected with Chi from Korea and together we walked around Shanghai in the rain. I met her in Xitiandi, an area ...
Metropolitan Life
This is a top pick! ... always degrading the US and English imperialism. Another day I pedaled my way over to the one free attraction I found in China, the Shanghai Museum located in People’s Square, before viewing Jing’an Temple on my way to Jade Buddha Temple. I ...
End of the (train) line
This is a top pick! ... There's also a video clip in the gallery at the top of this travelog. And there we are. That was Shanghai, and backpacking around China for a bit. Definitely fascinating. Recommend you all do it - if any of you are suffering from an excess of energy, ...
The party's over....
This is a top pick! ... it IS it's own province/state, kinda like Washington D.C. but without the "Federal District" thing. This gargantuan mass of Shanghai and it's surrounding cities has got to be 100 million people. Yet a mere drop in the bucket as far as ...
Shanghai Cityscapes
This is a top pick! There is a big expo in Shanghai next year, ads everywhere and works on each corner. The scaffoldings are in ... bamboo Nice skylines and beautiful ...
Shanghai Food
This is a top pick! It is recommended to take your own chopsticks to dodgy restaurants Chinese food in China is different to ANY Chinese food we ever tasted Nobody speaks English: wait and see what is on your plate I do not know how to use chopsticks On the menu: ‘US ...
Met al de Chinezen maar nie me den dezen
This is a top pick! … where we arrive at 23h … … and already start playing cards. So: Shanghai ( east-central China). It is one of the world's largest seaports and a major industrial and commercial centre of China. It was the first Chinese port to be ...
Goodbye yellow brick road
This is a top pick! ... poor guy to take us - it was an hour in traffic - and this was pretty much stock standard for the week. That arvo we went to China Town - M was keen on seeing some markets. Saw a bit, but pretty much just like last time, I got lost - so it doesn't ...
Plane Journey
This is a top pick! The only thing to report about this day of travel is the fact that we sat freezing cold on the bus for 5 hours, all literally wearing 4-5 layers of clothing and still freezing our asses off, only to find out when we arrived that the bus actually had ...
Zaijian China
This is a top pick! ... unfathomable social system and their rich history only visible as a collective chip-on-the-shoulder. The most interesting thing about China is definitely the people. 1000's of years of xenophobic isolation (and still going stong) has resulted in the ...
Back "Home" in Shanghai!
... morning, so it's been an exhausting week. This weekend we have made rough outlines for what we're calling "Aggressive Sightseeing" of Shanghai. It seems that our time is dwindling away quickly, and our time during the week is very limited, so we're ...
The 500 kuai taxi to a land far far away
... our plane to Shanghai. We'd had such an amazing time in Beijing we were quite sad to leave but looked forward to Shanghai, especially the Expo. The flight was smooth, no complaints about Air China except that the leg room was fairly minimal. It ...
Terrocotta Warriers, Xian, Nanjing and Shanghai!
... , company and had a great time but head was a bit delicate after 2 nights of drinking snagria and vodka! Have just spent 2 days in Shanghai which is full of massive sky scrapers and lots of neon at night. Not much to do in the way of sightseeing but a ...
Wait.....you mean I am not special here?
... as they venture to start their new life in America. Shanghai was wonderful.....and cold (>_<) In Shanghai I didn't even feel like I was in China. It is a huge city and as the plane descended on our way there it looked freaky, like a ...
Shanghai-fly-by
... restaurant with the CEO of our major fabric supplier. He’s great, very friendly and speaks Mandarin - finally! Shanghai is mainly Mandarin speaking, so this could have potential for my future employment… watch this space! The restaurant ...
About Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world, with over 20 million people in its extended metropolitan area. Located on China's central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The ...
22 Days
... to go back ourselves and get a pair. Later on down the street we found a place. It’s my favourite type of food in China, North Western Chinese food! It was amazing. It was brilliant. I was satisfied. We went back to the Kindergarten via a DVD store. ...
Shanghai - Expo Universelle
JOUR_ 23 – Expo Universelle de Shanghai. Aujourd'hui je vais à l’expo universelle qui se trouve de l’autre coté de la ville mais ce matin il pleut un peu. Un coup d’œil sur l’image radar de la région (merci internet) ...
Book Review: Introducing Philosophy
Introducing Philosophy by Dave Robinson and Judy Groves I have never studied philosophy and I thought that an introduction might be useful, especially if I am to spend a year finding either myself, or the meaning of life. This book is fairly ...
Tout qu'un bain de foule!
On pensait avoir fait un choix judicieux lorsque nous avons opté pour Shanghai comme destination. À bien y penser, on aurait dû choisir d'autres dates! Les chinois sont en congé férié pour la fête du travail la fin de semaine du 1 mai. A priori, ...