Shanghai

Well a new mode of transport was in order and well over due. We now fly from Chengdu to Shanghai Yay!!!! Its not all good news our flight in Chengdu was delayed by 30 - 45 min when we arrived in Shanghai all excited in the hope to catch the Maglev - the worlds fastest train in China (some say the World). We found out that the Maglev stops at 9:30pm and yep you guessed it that is when we arrived so we just missed it. Dam! I was looking forward to a 8-10 min speedy transfer to the city centre, guess I will have to settle for a taxi ride for 20 - 25 min. eh!!! We got to the hotel in time for dinner and a good rest ready for the next few days ahead in AWESOME Shanghai.

First things first a quick orientation tour of Shanghai and a walk to the Bund. On the ferry to the other side of the river to go up the Jin Mao Tower, Umm... OK View but very expensive drinks. eerrr!!! I will just have 1 Coca-Cola please.... AU$20 later (So we did not return to this place). Time to see what else the city had to offer and need to make our way back to the other side of the river, this appeared to the best time to travel along the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel. Don't let the name fool you there is nothing sightseeing about it. Just a long Tunnel with a laser light show thing???? (I could only hope this was not the best thing Shanghai has to offer). After walking around the city in the heat and humidity it was time to get back to the hotel to get ready to see Shanghai best perform some acrobatics (as you can see some awesome tricks were shown!!! - Jacki lets go again)



As you can see we made the most of day 1 in Shanghai and it did not stop there. Here is a list of all the other sights that we went a visited. Nanjing Road, Yuyuan Gardens, Jade Buddha Temple, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Longhua Pagoda & Temple, Shanghai Old Street, Jing'an Temple all this and more ..... Lucky the subway is so easy and cheap to travel on.

Now time to leave and catch the train to Shaolin. (Some heavy clouds are forming I hope it does not rain)