Sofitel Shanghai

... much of an idea about these rather off the beaten tourist track countries. It was our Australian friends' first visit to Shanghai. They were enormously excited about the city and the art exhibition they had especially wanted to visit. "You must visit ...

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 ...

... 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 - ...

... one hour we'll be on our way. :) Have a great day! :) After waiting on the plane for over two hours, we flew to Shanghai, took the Magleb train - 300 km/h, two subways and a thirty minute walk, we got to our hotel, which already gave our room to someone ...

... are no problem to have along. Our first stop is the Urban Planning museum. There we see models, pictures and displays of Shanghai past, present and future. Some of their scale models of the city now are unbelievably intricate and impressive and give us an ...

... It was a tight squeeze, but the plan worked nicely. I was just starting to feel smug when I had a nasty realisation. Shanghai metro drivers are lunatics. At one point the driver braked suddenly. Having nothing to hold onto and being crammed together, ...

... JW Marriott Shanghai on the busy Nan Jing Road another stunner! Good value for money were both the Sofitel Hyland also on Nan Jing Road and Renaissance Shanghai Pudong Hotel. The Yu Yuan Gardens - a tranquil place, a traditional Chinese Garden, featuring ...

... was running an hour late, so we ended up in Shanghai at 1pm instead of noon.  No biggie. And by first impressions, I love Shanghai!!  It was dead easy to get from the train station to the metro, and every sign I see and announcement I hear is ...

... a cup (actually several cups) of tea in the old teahouse which sits in the middle of the lake, then watched "Shanghai's best" dumplings being made but decided not to join the very lengthy queue to buy them. Battled our way back ...

... were a bunch of leaves on the bottom. I have my suspicions that it is actually moonshine. But sure enough we arrive at the Sofitel Shanghai Hyland Hotel safe and sound. After taking some much need showers and brushing our teeth we headed to a cab to go ...

... us there to help check in and then have lunch at the airport. Then just the wait for the flight. We are staying at the Sofitel in Shanghai. Hotel is crazy busy with the Expo. The bell boys didn't bring up the bags, so had to go down and retrieve. No free ...

... families are, and to watch the different families react to each other. A little after 3:30 we left the phenomenal seaside architecture of Shanghai for Hangzhou. I sat in the back of one of the most luxurious autos I have ever been in. I had my own seat ...

My first night in Shanghai was a bit of a treat with me using a free accomodation voucher from my accor advantage plus to stay at the Sofitel (and couldn't resist the $40 to upgrade a level!) Needless to say I had a huge room complete with a small ...

... to say it again...WOW! Combine the amount of people in Tokyo times 3 plus the amount of cars in Beijing and you get Shanghai. Seriously, I can't describe how many people there are here. While we were waiting for our room to be ready, Tami and I ...

... cool little walking street in the old French quarters. It is full of trendy little stores, cafés and restaurants. The highlight in Shanghai was the Xiao long bao (little dumplings filled with soup) at Din Tai Fung (the Xitiandi branch). The service was ...

... from the swiss pavillon:" the swiss mountain rail is today out of order.sorry".da kommst du aus bern, besuchst die expo in shanghai ( auch nicht gerade vor der türe) möchtest dich freuen an der freude der chinesen, wenn sie mit der sesselbahn auf den ...