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Free Walk tour

A travel blog entry by marlou

A beautiful day to got lost in the subway station. Tried 3 times before we arrived to our destination, best trip I ever had.
Went to Ding Tai Fung for lunch, w
Souvenier shopping was fun. Beautiful old and new buildings, brand names and dollar stores, anything you want. For brand names, go to 新天地. For dollar souveniers …

Happy Birthday to Louise

A travel blog entry by marlou

Last day of the tour, thanks God for the fantastic tour guide, our group we were with, and the beautiful weather throughout the trip.

The trip finished with:
Green tea plantation at hangzhou 杭州
-梅家塢 600 years history
-西湖龍井. queen of green tea, not fermented. …

Shanghai Update

A travel blog entry by gibbsholiday

Sat in the hotel at the moment, having seen the sights of Shanghai today. Can't find anywhere to upload photos though. Today we went without breakfast due to alarms not waking us up and went to the main square and museum, which had thousands of really interesting (not.) bits of pottery and other old stuff. Next was the city planning museum which …

Shanghai part two...

A travel blog entry by gibbsholiday

Today, we spent the morning visiting some place an hour and a half's drive away from the city- which is apparently known as the Venice of the orient, thanks to it's many canals and old buildings that were built at around the same time. That was quite nice, and we had a look around a traditional garden and went on a Chinese gondola ride. We then …

Exploring Shanghai...

A travel blog entry by fmvela

THE PEOPLE’S SQUARE.
Yesterday after breakfast, Elaine and Mr. Sung took be to the People’s Square, which is a big public park in the heart of metropolitan Shanghai. While no where the size of Tiananmen Square, this park was a lot more like a park where families could actually have a picnic and enjoy the city.
In the …