Shanghai Travel Blogs

Today our tour guide first took us to the Yu Yuan Gardens which is an old Chinese quarter of Shanghai with cobbled streets that are lined with traditional shops selling herbal medicines, handicrafts, Chinese tea, and a variety of delicious snacks, but we had to just walk by and keep to the tim…

   Este último día de estancia en Shanghai, había tiempo libre por la mañana y lo dedicamos a ir a ver el museo de Shanghai, situado en el centro de la ciudad, a dos paradas del metro del hotel. Eso hicimos tomamos el metro, que es muy fácil y en seguida estábamos allí. En esa zona…

So we went on from Xian to shanghai.   Xi'an was a wonderful city that I would have loved to spend several days at.  The city wall and market are things I read about but did not get to see.....  I need to go back....SHANGHAI: MAY 7, 8 and 9,  2007   &nbs…

Day 10 (leaving day) : I got up at 7am. I set my alarm about 7:30am but I woke up before that. I looked to my next bed. MM?? I saw something not familiar in my room. A girl from Demark brought a guy in our room! And both of them were naked lol  I'm glad I didn't hear ANYTHING when I was sleep…

Tuesday night turned out to be a really great night.  So good it seemed my run-in with the would be thief was in the distant past.  Not really, but it was nice to be out enjoying myself and not festering over it.I met up with Bev, a friend of my friend Lisa's, whom I electronically reache…

After a great breakfast at the The Moon River that saved many of the mornings in Shanghai - I had all the coffee I could take and a great omelette - Kaija was in seventh heaven with her pineapple juice and her omelette, we decided to do something less stressful than walking the streets. We took a…

          Today is our last day in Shanghai, and we have to be checked out of the room by 2 o'clock, yet our 37 hour train ride to Chengdu does not depart until 9:02 pm. Since we do not care to spend a day and a half on a train ride feeling sticky from t…

“Yu Yuan Gardens?… ah, that way? Xie xie.”.“Yu Yuan Gardens?… oh right, that way?  Xie xie”.“Please, Yu Yuan Gardens?!  Oh I see, that way… just ther… Yes, yes.  Xie xie”. Nope.  No luck.  No Yu Yuan Gardens.  Ah well.  Who cares.  Not th…

Shanghai was incredible!  Despite the fact that they're technically in the same country as Hong Kong, Shanghai was a completly different place.  We spent the day with our friends Tim and Susie.  Our first stop was the Bund.  A short cab ride took us to the major riverwalk area o…

Today is my last day in Shanghai. It is also my last day as a wanderer for who knows how long. By now the realisation that this is the end has hit me. Normally I'm the kind of guy who doesn't dwell on these things. I don't think about upcoming events until they pass me by in a blur. Somehow this wa…

I was still in my half-disorganized state in the morning cramming in my final packing, considering the fact I have only decided to activate my Plan B Extended holiday trip on Silkroad instead of Seoul just few days ago. And my air ticket from Shanghai to Xian was bought the next day on 24-Dec! The …

Where ever I go, if there's a museum, you will find me there.  Shanghai holds no exception.  There are a few of interest, the most notable are the Shanghai Museum and the Shanghai Science Museum.  The former is located on the People's Square while the latter is across the river on th…

Lonely river full of people Murkey water in the nightLovers hug and share their loveBeneath the reaves and fairy lights Street selles make their millionsFrom the happy crouds Whilst I jut sit and watch and write Beneath the smokey cloudsLovers smell their rosesRed as sacrifcial bloodEvery stranger …

We arrived in Shanghai about 6am on a Saturday in the middle of the summer humidity.. again, no hotel reservation. I wasn't too worried however, because we had all day to work on it and I knew we'd eventually find something. The key was trying to get something close to the famous Bund…

This morning we were really early birds - we had a quick breakfast at the hotel and then left for a walk. Our hotel was very close to the Bund - about 500 meters nothing more. We were happy to meet some almost empty streets.  The few cars on the streets were still useing their horn…