My apologies for the long radio silence. I was busy travelling =)
Moi at one of the rooftop bars on the Bund with the Pudong skyline.
When I travel long distance I tend to go offline, although I did manage to post a picture of my wine glass with the Shanghai Pudong skyline in the background on my personal Facebook page, but that’s about it. I did not want to ignore the blog and social media, but I just can’t help being sucked into the reality of what’s before me — travelling.
So yeah, sorry… but I am back! Back to give some love to my blog =)
It was a long trip visiting many cities and towns in China and New Zealand, with my last leg ending in Hong Kong. This means lots of souvenir photos. In fact, I have almost 3,000 photos!!!! 2,982 to be exact, haha.
So I will start with a few postcard pictures of my first leg of this trip — SHANGHAI.
I will not be posting any stories but just a few photos with teaser information.
Shanghai is wonderful and quite unexpected in my opinion. Very busy, vibrant, modern and addictive. You have got to visit when you have the time. I hope you get inspired by the few photos I took below.
Stories and more photos of the city will follow soon.
The view from my hotel room window in Zhabei near Shanghai Railway Station.
Chinese Yuan (RMB) paper money is starting to become extinct. The locals, especially the younger generation prefer to pay via their mobile phones and through the use of barcode scan.
Moi here at the Nanjing Road aka Nanjing Pedestrian Shopping Street.
Nanjing Road / Pedestrian Shopping Street stretches to 5 kilometers. This is the longest pedestrian shopping street that I have been to. Definitely, a must stop!
One of the famous Shanghai street foods: Shanghai Scallion Pancakes (Cong You Bing)
Jiu Jiaochang Road with lots of traditional Chinese shops in the Old City of Shanghai. On weekends I believe they close the road traffic in this area.
Some of the shops in the Yuyuan market area on Fuyou Road (Shanghai Old City).
Another must visit, the Yuyuan Gardens (or Yu Garden) with old Chinese architecture and garden landscape dating back to 1559 during the Ming Dynasty. This is the Pavilion of Listening Billows.
Shanghai is famous for its soup dumplings or Xiao Long Bao. These are the oversized ones. They stick a straw into the dumpling so you can sip the soup. This was very tasty.
The parks in Shanghai are not only full of retired people doing their TaiChi morning exercises, especially on the weekends. I came across a group of retired couples as well at the People’s Park having their morning dance.
At the glass-bottomed Sky Walk of the Shanghai Pearl Tower in LuJiaZui in Pudong District.
The beautiful Mingzhu Roundabout in LuJiaZui has a raised pedestrian walkway circling around the roundabout. The design is genius. This is a very busy area with lots of people walking and hanging out on the circular walkway.
The trendy and arty Tian Zi Fang in the French Concession suburb. Great place to shop, eat, drink and just stroll around.
These are some of the traditional Shanghai little shops that are slowly facing extinction as the city expands and grows.
Moi here at the Bund Walkway having a selfie with the Lu Jia Zui – Pudong skyline.
There are many pre-wedding photo shoots going on at the Bund in Shanghai. This one is a little bit unique as the couple chose the Waibaidu Bridge instead of the popular Pudong skyline.
The Jing’an Buddhist Temple in the Jing’an District.
Travel Period: April 2018
Destination: Shanghai, China
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All pictures were taken by a point and shoot pocket camera or a smartphone.
