Pictures of Shanghai

Completing our journey, here are some parting shots from our time in Shanghai earlier in our trip.   Nanjing rd – Shopping Precinct                Toni outside Jinma Tower Shanghai is typical of a large International city, impersonal and expensive, and lacks the character of smaller cities like Hangzhou.  View from Jinmao Tower                                             Shanghai Planning and Exhibition […]

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Hangzhou – Photo Retrospective

A special New Year’s post just for you (and the rest of the Internet!) – some select photos from Toni’s exploration of Hangzhou.  Full credit to Toni for her mastery with her splendid Olympus camera.  Here are three highlights. A view of the lake                                                       Around the lake precinct                                             Great view of the mountains across the […]

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Leaving Shanghai

We’re currently at Pudong International airport waiting for our flight to open.  We took the train from Hangzhou and then caught a cab from Shanghainan station to Pudong Airport – about 30+kms away.  For the record it cost us just 146 Yuan or about AU $24! If we had even a basic knowledge of Mandarin, […]

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