Shanghai Resorts

... who are extremely persistent.  However, no one is getting a panda hat, laser flashlights, plastic replicas of the Shanghai buildings, roller wheels for their tennis shoes, rolex watches or mont blanc pens (although those were incredible bargains!). ...

Shanghai Sun Island is about 45 minutes' drive from the downtown Shanghai without the traffic jam. It was quite convenient for us to get there as we took a cab down. Once we got onto the island, we were impressed by the fresh air, flowers in bloom and ...

... towards the Hung Pu river to see the "infamous" Bund. The Bund is a "section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River, facing Pudong" (wikipedia). It's the area where ...

... tunnel Donna had mentioned before.  I’m still not exactly sure what it is, some kind of underground passage with images of Shanghai sights along it, it didn’t look worth the money to me.  I got the sense no one except me and perhaps ...

... the Philippines, visit from Mum and Dad, back to the Philippines, Huangshan (yellow Mountain); great food, learning to cook, adventures in shanghai but the good news is that does mean more to talk about (like I have a shortage often!).  Had a ...

... we just finished our October Holiday, but with some remaining annual leave left over with use it or lose it - I decided to escape the Shanghai winter to some place warm.  I happen to have a friend that is visiting me from the US at the moment so ...

... and bars where the world cup is pulling in a roaring trade, and they have put up a new sign (alongside every street in shanghai for expo) - now calling itself, HongMei Lu - Laowai Street! Well, guess we know who frequents that area then. Next up, and ...

... and Chinese herbal restaurant, personally prefers the latter. The staff told us the menu is designed with their wellness philosophy, things like nutritionally balanced and all. It was a meaningful day trip experience at Sun Island Resorts, ...

... the school, we got taxis to the train station to begin our journey for our 2nd break. The other foreign teachers headed to Shanghai and I headed to Hangzhou Nan (I'm visiting Shanghai later on in my travels so didn’t want to cover it twice). At the ...

... us. We had gone from a fine of 3500 RMB (about $500) to zero and we were pretty pleased with ourselves. The flight from Shanghai to HCM was uneventful and we arrived at 1 a.m local time. I must admit to some feelings of sadness as we watched the lights ...

... doubt the quietest birthday I ever had. Someone told me the trains used to ply the busy, profitable east coast route (Beijing - Shanghai - Hong Kong) are the best of the bunch and are not an accurate representation for the trains found in other parts of ...

... .   So I will spend a week in Shanghai instead, which will be at least as interesting as looking at beach resorts.   Shanghai still has lots of colonial architecture to look at,  some excellent museums and many other things to do and see. ...

... potatoes - or ocean and pool potatoes. For three days we really did nothing but relax, swim and eat great dinners with friends from Shanghai who were also vacationing on the island.  In a nutshell (so she says after a really long post), we had a ...