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Day 3 : Shanghai Yu Yuan Gardens

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bwatt on December 19, 2005 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: China 2005-2006

Day 3 : Shanghai Open Market

We decided to walk around Shanghai a bit, and wandered into an open street market. Tons of little tiny shops (almost like kiosks) with tons of miscellaneous stuff. A large collection of pottery. Some helmets. A cool antique waffle iron that I would NEVER cook on...

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bwatt on December 19, 2005 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: China 2005-2006

Day 2 : Shanghai

Same window, different time. Still an amazing view. This city has so many skyscrapers, it puts New York to shame. The small park mentioned earlier, viewed during the morning. Really peaceful. In the morning, when we open the window, people are doing Tai Chi and there...

written by

bwatt on December 18, 2005 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: China 2005-2006

Day 1 : We arrive in Shanghai Pu Dong

China at last! First stop, Shanghai. Announced that we're approaching. Coastline as we hit the mainland. Wahoo! We get to take the brand new MagLev bullet train... yes, it's doing 301 km/h. Nice and quiet, fast, and just plain cool. 50 yuan per person, but it was...

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bwatt on December 17, 2005 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: China 2005-2006

Shanghai, Day 15

Our last day in China. Free time in the morning went quick. Some of us walked along the Bund, others went to visit the Jade Buddha temple and the tea shop there. There wasn't much time since we had to leave at noon. If you weren't tired when you woke up, you were now. As we were checking...

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Benjamin Satterfield on September 29, 2005 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: China Tour Fall 2005

Shanghai in 30 minutes

We got here Shanghai Pudong airport. But can we make the connecting flight to Beijing? We have a long day of instant sight-seeing ahead of us.

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Benjamin Satterfield on March 17, 2005 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: China Tour Spring 2005

Day 14

I started the day by taking a walk down the Bund, a few side streets and ending up at the Friendship Store, where I promptly bought some bottled water for the boat trip. Then it was back to the Peace Hotel before I put on my pack and headed for the boat dock. It was a fair walk, quite...

written by

shoshtrvls on August 14, 1987 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

Day 13 (continued)

The plane arrived in Shanghai around 11 p.m. and I hopped into the sorriest little cab for the ride to the Peace Hotel. My room was in the older building - the bathroom was not the cleanest but the room had wood paneling, high ceilings, definitely 1930's elegance. I promptly fell asleep. A...

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shoshtrvls on August 13, 1987 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

Day 9

First a trip to the Jade Buddha Temple – our first real temple. It was crammed full with people, mostly Chinese and most actually praying. Lots of interesting people and customs – incense burning, coins being placed on a bell, parents teaching their children how to pray. But with all the...

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shoshtrvls on August 9, 1987 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

Day 8

Out first real day of China, but first things first – CITS to make further plans, but about all that could be done was booking my boat from Shanghai to Hong Kong. However, we were given directions to the ticket office for the ferry up the Yanggze to Nanjing. It seemed neither far nor difficult...

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shoshtrvls on August 8, 1987 from Shanghai, China

from the travel blog: Around the World (1987)

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