We were supposed to have arrived in the mid-afternoon, but the flight from Changi took off an hour late + customs clearance was very slow with the half-dozen immigration counters taking a while to clear the hundreds of persons arriving into the city from Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Most seriously though: my luggage did not arrive + one of our party’s luggage was damaged by handling. That aside, our itinerary was quite packed. Apart from the places I’ve posted about, we also visited a local supermarket to see how technology is used, Nanjing Road, Tianzhifang, Xintiandi, and also Shanghai Museum. Comments and pictures!
The local supermarket had a sizable fresh seafood section – there are large tanks with different types of fishes and crustaceans. Unlike back home, you actually get to select i.e. catch the specimen you want. See a crab that looks like it’s destined for your dinner table? Get a net and pick it up for yerself!The system isn’t without its risks though. Like this old lady who was trying to net a fish – but another one jumped right out of her net and onto the floor – causing some mild panic! The fish was successfully returned to the tank, live.Massive power cable towers connecting various parts of the huge city.Nanjing Road, the city and possibly even China’s premier shopping street. The 5km stretch offers hundreds of shops, and malls – though the upmarket shops and boutiques along the main street also show eye-watering prices. Law enforcement is also very present, and every where I looked I saw police officers, with some patrols comprising as many as half a dozen personnel.Brightly lit hotel skyscrapers and office blocks in the Nanjing Road area.Tianzhifang (田子坊), a trendy arts and crafts area in the city. Many, many small shops connected through maze-like alleys and walkways. Gets crowded real easily, so keep an eye on your wallets!Xintiandi, the fashionable and obviously affluent area. Lined with restaurants and boutiques that are for the rich and famous. Reportedly also the area with apartment prices that are the highest not only in the city, but all of China.The light-ups sure look nice though.I visited the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center during the 2012 trip and was impressed by the scale model of Shanghai city inside one of its exhibition halls. This place wasn’t include in our itinerary this trip, but there were still busloads of school students visiting the center.Returning for a visit to Shanghai Museum. A number of exhibition halls were closed, but there was still plenty in the four level museum to see and experience.The old colonial-styled architecture along The Bund on the last day afternoon while driving off to lunch. A photo like this might lead one to believe the place is in somewhere in Europe!A view of the skyscrapers at Pudong District from across the Huangpu river.The city center is very well-developed and modern.
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