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339 Guangdong Rd, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
31 floors up, we are nearly the height of most tall buildings around us. Somehow, I can see only for a mile. The skycover has infiltrated it's way below the buildings, weaving through them and not letting the expansiveness of the city to be seen. It has been this way since we arrived three days ago, including when we took a trip to their second ...
A travel blog entry from Shanghai by molly0We left the Hyatt Regency Xian at about 1230 to make it to the airport in time to get on a 1440 flight to Shanghai. Our luggage had been taken to the airport at 0900 so it was checked in already. We found out in Shanghai that our group luggage was 100 kilos overweight. This tour office didn't handle it like Joe in Beijing handled our luggage so ...
A travel blog entry from Shanghai by maygAlly and I walked to the closest metro station, about 15 minutes, and took a train out to the suburbs. From there we tried to find Qi Bao Old Town, but it seemed that there were too many highways in our way and you couldn't walk there. So we went back to the metro station where there were bike rickshaws, and due to the language barrier thought w...
A travel blog entry from Shanghai by travelingdivaOur itinerary only included a half-day sightseeing tour today and when we asked about an add-on, our guide said it would be an additional $100 CDN per person, just to visit an old town, so we decided we could probably do it ourselves for a lot cheaper and declined. Our morning tour started with a visit to Yu Yuan Garden, a traditional Chinese ro...
A travel blog entry from Shanghai by travelingdivaThis morning we went to a tea plantation in Guilin. It is actually a tea institute where they research tea in an effort to improve it. All the tea there is hand picked and organic, sponsored and certified by the government. When we arrived at the tea plantation we met our guide and tea expert, Kevin, who first took us right into the fields. Kevi...
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