Shanghai part 2

After several days of working we got the chance to head into downtown Shanghai at night. We had dinner at a great steakhouse called "Moon's Steakhouse", spent some time walking around seeing all the lights, then spent some time in the House of Blues and Jazz.

Downtown Shanghai is split into 2 areas by the Huangpu River which is a branch of the Yangtze River. This is the older side called Puxi. This is looking down a boardwalk type area on the river on the Puxi side called The Bund. It's a big tourist area and was full with people.

Most of the buildings on the Puxi side of the river are older. You can see why it's been called the "Paris of the East".

Looking across the river to the Pudong side. The Pudong side is where most of the newer buildings are. There are so many lights, it's very amazing.

The Oriental Pearl Tower, one of the icons that Shanghai is known for.

The lights are amazing, and change continually.

One of the many river boats. We were going to take a dinner cruise but it was too late by the time we decided to do it, and when we were downtown several days later it was way too cold.

So many of the buildings are covered with lights.

Some things are the same no matter where in the world you are.

We finished the night at a bar with a band from Boston, with a lead singer from Detroit. After a week of Chinese it was nice to hear some hometown English..

Our favorite bartender, Victor.