S is for Shanghai
Shanghai was another of the Chinese cities we visited in 2006 – see also C is for Chengdu. We stayed on the super-modern Pudong side of the river with good views over to the Bund, with its European architecture, and also visited the old Chinese areas and the former home of Zhou Enlai (first Premier of the People’s Republic) in the French Concession. Truly a city of contrasts.
Bund by night
Bund
Jade Buddha Temple
Huxinting Teahouse
Huxinting Teahouse
Pudong
Shanghai Museum
Zhou Enlai’s residence
Shanghai contrasts
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
I loved Shanghai. Wish I could go again. Your photos brought back pleasant memories.
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Glad you liked them!
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Great post! Shanghai is on my list for this year- fingers crossed I make it!!!
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Hope you make it!
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Never been to Shanghai – but I really would like to visit.. Your post reminded me on that – seems you like it and the pictures are great too.. *sigh* one day…:-)
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Thanks – we did like it, but China is so vast there are many more cities I would like to visit.
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I can;t imagine having so many different adventures…ours are to the same places over and over, but still fun!
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Yes, that can be fun too. I love the feeling of going back to a place and knowing it already.
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Great photos! Looks like an interesting city.
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Thanks Lori, it is!
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Lovely photos. You are so well travelled.
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Thanks, Anne. I’m just loving this opportunity to document some of it.
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I’ve spent exactly one night in Shanghai, which was not on my agenda. Rode a bus, lots of spitting, the hotel was below standard. Not the best experience…So! Yes, I have to go back.
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Hmm, have experienced spitting elsewhere, but not Shanghai. There seemed to be a lot of Chinese tourists, some of whom obviously weren’t used to westerners. It’s the only place I’ve been asked to have my photo taken with complete strangers.
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Wow, that is a big contrast! With the neon skyscrapers and traditional wooden buildings it looks like Shanghai has it all 🙂
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Yes, and a lot of European architecture as well. Very interesting!
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Shanghai always had a grip on me to visit because of its history and not the nice kind. I am speaking of people who got shanghaied (Spelling??) The modern with their own world and the European influence-quite eclectic
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I think that’s the right spelling! It is eclectic – and all that modern area had sprung up in about 10 years or something.
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Fascinating pictures. I’m very jealous of all the places you’ve been.
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Thanks again!
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