Shanghai

Friday 24^th February 2012

Ni hao (Hello)

We were docked by 7am and meeting our guide for the day, Harris, at the door of the Terminal by 8am. I had hired him before leaving home on Viator.com

We drove to the City area.  We started our exploration of this huge city at the Bund. We walked along the Riverside Promenade from here we could see all the 19^th Century buildings which was once the heart of European capitalism.

 Behind them the newer skyscrapers are visible.

 Across the Huangpu River is Pudong where just visible in the smog we could see the tallest building, affectionately called “the bottle-opener’.     

The architecture in this city is very diverse, with many cultural influences. The Bund is one such area and the French Concession is also significant area. 

Harris our Guide

Yu gardens is a classic Ming Dynasty garden.

 

We ate lunch in a local Chinese diner, nothing like our Chinese places at home, this was the real thing.

It was a full day of sightseeing, no shopping (by choice). We will be back next month; so will shop then.