A 1 hour transfer from the airport in the rush hour gave us our first
impression of the concrete jungle that is most of Shanghai Q How many 20
storey + buildings does Shanghai have A. 20,000+ !*!* Our hotel was
close to & was called The Bund ( means quay) which is the early 19th
century colonial part of the riverfront & our suite was a pleasant
surprise after the small cabin on the boat.
Day 1 was a visit to the Bund proper before going to the Urban Planning Museum ( not as dry as it sounds) which housed some collections of historical photos of from as early as 1900 with comparative studies of the same places in modern times. It also housed a huge scale model of the city which had taken 40 people 3 months to complete which was very impressive. This was followed by a visit to the "silk factory" , a glorified showroom but we did get to see the process of making a silk quilt from cocoon to final assembly which explained the cost as it is all done by hand.
Day 2 Started with a long drive to the outskirts of town to visit Zhujiajia - billed as the "Asian Venice" - which did have lots of waterways & bridges but is not remotely as beautiful as the original. We saw a traditional boat builder repairing a local boat & had a short ride along the waterways. After a lunch back on The Bund we visited the Jin Mao Tower & its 88th floor viewing platform for a biirds-eye view of the Pudong area of the city. Most of this area is less than 20 years old & contains vast numbers of tall buildings.. Our final stop was the history museum which was very impressive with beautifully displayed buddhist iconography as well as some superb bronze age relics & local ceramics.
Our final day saw us at where else a temple followed after lunch by a trip on the Maglev train to the airport. Unfortunately this was in save power mode so we only reached 300km per hour but it only took 2 minutes to do it & our 34kms journey took only 8 minutes !
Day 1 was a visit to the Bund proper before going to the Urban Planning Museum ( not as dry as it sounds) which housed some collections of historical photos of from as early as 1900 with comparative studies of the same places in modern times. It also housed a huge scale model of the city which had taken 40 people 3 months to complete which was very impressive. This was followed by a visit to the "silk factory" , a glorified showroom but we did get to see the process of making a silk quilt from cocoon to final assembly which explained the cost as it is all done by hand.
Day 2 Started with a long drive to the outskirts of town to visit Zhujiajia - billed as the "Asian Venice" - which did have lots of waterways & bridges but is not remotely as beautiful as the original. We saw a traditional boat builder repairing a local boat & had a short ride along the waterways. After a lunch back on The Bund we visited the Jin Mao Tower & its 88th floor viewing platform for a biirds-eye view of the Pudong area of the city. Most of this area is less than 20 years old & contains vast numbers of tall buildings.. Our final stop was the history museum which was very impressive with beautifully displayed buddhist iconography as well as some superb bronze age relics & local ceramics.
Our final day saw us at where else a temple followed after lunch by a trip on the Maglev train to the airport. Unfortunately this was in save power mode so we only reached 300km per hour but it only took 2 minutes to do it & our 34kms journey took only 8 minutes !
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