Shanghai Part 4

Random sights while we were driving around Shanghai.

Jingan Temple. It was originally built in 247 A.D.

The temple is surrounded by modern buildings.

I found it odd to be standing in a 2,000 year old temple and everywhere around you people are texting on smartphones.

This the Shanghai World Financial Center Building. We ended up in a bar at the top of this building.

View from the bar at the top of the Shangri-La Hotel.

The view down at the Oriental Pearl Tower from the top of the SWFC building.

For our last day, the hotel had a private lunch for us.

Shanghai Part 3

The middle weekend we were in China we spent Saturday seeing some of the sights in Shanghai.

The view driving into downtown Shanghai. It was almost always hazy and overcast. The building on the right is the SWFC (Shanghai World Financial Center). It's the one that looks like a can opener. It's about 1500 feet tall, at one point we were in a bar near of the top of the building.

We started our tour at a shopping area, I have no idea exactly where. Actually most of the time I had no idea where we were.

The building were all very old looking, there were walking paths between them.

Many if not most buildings were decorated for the Chinese New Year.

Just like in the states, there were corporate logos sprinkled among the decorations.

There were always a few places that made me feel almost like home.

One of the things you always notice, you can be looking at very old buildings and yet in the background, there are always very modern skyscapers and new buildings going up everywhere.

I have no idea where this said, but I know a pepsi logo when I see one.

In the middle of the shopping area was a set of ponds with scenes from what I can only guess is an old Chinese fable setup for the new years. As you can see there were people everywhere..

Our next stop was Yuyuan Garden, an ancient garden somewhere in downtown Shanghai.

In the middle of thousand year old buildings you can see the new Shanghai Tower going up in the background.

Where we were shopping.

One of the chefs where we ate lunch. I think she was making some kind of dumplings.

Cute bumper sticker, I have no idea what it says.