Sofitel Hyland Shanghai
No.505 Nanjing East Road, Huangpu District Shanghai, Shanghai, 200001, China
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OMG!
Friday, January 2nd WOW. Just WOW. Tami and I have no words to describe this city. When we first arrived, the domestic airport was empty. It was just our plane and one other at the baggage claim. For a Friday afternoon on a Holiday weekend, we were surprised on how quiet it was. As we were driving into town, the road were fairly empty and we made …
Hello, Shanghai - we're back!!! :)
Leaving good ol' Nanjing behind was a piece of cake.
We took a 350 km/h train from Nanjing to Shanghai, which took just over an hour. It was awesome.
We arrived to our hotel in Shanghai, which is beautifully located on Nanjing road, the best place to be in Shanghai. To add to this, we got upgraded twice - from a superior Club room to a …
Hello Suzhou!
Went on a trip to Suzhou, near Shanghai, today.
Took us less than 25 minutes to reach it by train (apx. 50 km from Shanghai on a 250 km/h train).
Suzhou itself is build on canals (same as Venice). While we didn't end up taking a mini-cruise on the canals, we saw some of them and they were ok.
The main reason we went to Suzhou was to …
Shanghai Auto 2011
Woke up to a cloudy morning in Shanghai today. Thankfully, we'll be indoors most of the day a we're headed for the Shanghai 2011 Auto expo.
More to come later today.
22:30 update: WOW - what an auto show!!! So many cars, SO many people. This was the very first day of the show and there were over 100000 visitors - crowded, LOUD and hot, but …



