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welcome to shanghai
my first steps in shanghai after leaving the Maglev and metro On 2/5/07 I arrived in the city of Shanghai.
The place is massive and its unlike any city i have been to before. Its got a strange mix of western and chinese culture that doesnt always mix, but makes for an intersting time. I left the airport on the Maglev, the worlds fastest train. It was a smooth journey and took only 7mins to travel 30km. When i was younger i went to london on the train and it took 6hours just to leave motherwell. This was much better.
Got off and went to transfer to the metro to get to the city centre. I found a hotel online that looked good and saw it recommend in my time out book about Shanghai. The book said to get off at Middle Henan Rd. At the ticket machine the metro stop did not exsist. Found a stop that was listed on the screen and that wasnt in the book so i used my comon sense and got a ticket to there. It was Naijing Rd, the busiest shopping street in Shanghai.
I got off and had to force my way through across the street just to get the chance to look at the map. Finally found the hotel and I checked in for 3days to see if i liked it. The location is good. I'm in the Old city and within 10mins walk of The Bund and the Peoples Square. Went out for dinner and went for a short walk across the bund. Which by the way is impossible. The bund was jam packed full off people and you could barely move. Their is nice views of the city and you can see all the flashing neon lights, but unless you have some reason to be there, I think your better off leaving it and looking at the postcards.
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Tam O'Neill
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Best foot forward
Paul, I've been following your descriptive tour of China with interest. It has been very enjoyable and had me wishing I was there, to experience the journey at first hand. However, the hustle, bustle and jostling by (unqueing) crowds would probably drive me to distraction and react in an 'uncivilised' even 'barbarian' fashion by loosing my cool. I'm also glad to have missed the trip up the mountain, in what sounds like a challenging and precarious fashion. Looking forward to the next installment. Take care, Tam