Got back last night from my trip to Shanghai with Maggie. We had a three day holiday for QingMing (Tomb Sweeping) and we decided to spend it in Shanghai since Maggie had not yet had a chance to explore the city. It was a great three days, seeing parts of the city that I hadn't in December and returning to a few of the same places.
April 4, 2013
Our train left Nanjing at 9:02am and we didn't fall asleep in the hostel until after 10pm. It was a great but long day.
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| Nanjing South Railway Station...the largest in Asia |
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| So smart! Cleaning the floor with mops attached to scooters! |
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| Going down to the platform. |
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| Me at the Bund |
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| Maggie's new friends. |
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| The French Concession. |
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| The restaurant 'More Than Toilet' - a very unique experience. |
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| Toilet Seats! |
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| Delicious Ice Cream in a squatter (toilets here in China) shaped bowl. |
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| Dan's Cafe all the way in China. |
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| Very Cool Shop but definitely weird. |
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| Tree lined road way in the residential area of Shanghai |
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| I heard alot of children playing and wanted to check out this park as we walked by it. |
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| Exercise equipment in the park - free to use. Great Idea! |
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| The Bund at night. |
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| Stupid fog made the flash do weird things. |
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| Every time we walked passed this hotel there were a bunch of people taking pictures of it. We don't know why but we thought we'd join the group and take a picture of it as well. |
April 5, 2013
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| Oriental Pearl Tower...not much to see with this stupid cloud. |
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| Elevated Pedestrian Walkway |
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| The Best Pants Ever!!! |
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| "Hello, Can we help you find something?" |
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| East Nanjing Road - Pedestrian Street |
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| DON'T BLINK! |
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| People's Park in the Centre of Shanghai |
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| Megatron outside an arcade on the way to the best burgers in Shanghai (and since I've arrived in China). |
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| Angry Birds store in a mall...these hoodies really disturb me. |
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| Crying Panda. |
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| Creepy dolls. |
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| Elevated Road at Night. |
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| ATMs in Shanghai, individual booths to protect you and keep people from crowding you while you do your banking. |
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| It locks! |
April 6, 2013
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| Rolls Royce Wedding Car...followed by 3 Mercedes. I also saw a white Lamborghini but my camera wasn't fast enough. |
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| Jade Buddha Temple |
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| Maggie is too tall for China. |
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| Still too tall. |
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| I'm just the right height for China. |
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| All of the paintings in the background were hand painted by this woman...no brush just her fingers and that black plate of paint. |
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| Reclining Jade Buddha. There is another Jade Buddha in this temple but you are not allowed to take pictures of it but I got a free postcard with an image of it so that's okay. |
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| Lucky bell dragon...people would place money on the dragon and then rub it. |
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| My name in Chinese! |
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| Maggie's name in Chinese! |
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| Art District of Shanghai |
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| Graffiti artists on the outside of the Art District. |
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| Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station |
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