http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Shanghai , Xujiahui en-us Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:28:52 BST Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:28:52 BST Hello everyoneThis is the start of our blog. Sorry it's so late but the computers are all in Chinese character so it's a bit hard to figure out Below are a few pictures from Shanghaiour first stop in China. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-324437.html this is the adress about the photos welcome to see them httpimgcache.qq.comqzoneclientphotoswfvphoto.swfuin398335977fid13707 http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-304265.html last year i grauated from univesityand now i work in shanghai.its a fashion and beautiful city and if the chance allowed i 'll go eveywhere around the world and i hope to know more friends from differfent countries. may be we can supply more conveniences for each others now see the city i live http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-304247.html July 1 2008A pretty long time has lapsed since my last entry. I did get back to Beijing spent a few days in Qingdao on the coast where I found the youth hostels 2 not all that welcoming and traveled back again to Beijing when I learned that Ann was about to enter China. But here travel plans made it difficult for me to stay and wait for her so back to the railway station this time with a tic http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-293791.html Chinese customs shocked me at first but you get used to them. There are about 23 million permanent residents in Shanghai and then about 4 million transients people like me so there is very little regard for personal space. People push each other to get where they're going disregard queues and never apologize for brushing by you. I learned how to say excuse me in Mandarin and used it for http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-285072.html So this past week was a very exciting week Even more exciting than my first week as far as cool things. Last week was a little rough in getting used to things but now that I am feeling much more comfortable in Shanghai I am getting to do a lot more cool stuff and I don't feel so completely incapable.I have a friend named Nichole who lives here in Shanghai from my stake back home. We graduated f http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-282520.html So I have survived my first week in China without eating anything that made me sick or getting lost on the streets I think that is a success This past week was very eventful to say the least. Here is a list of things I have learned about living in ShanghaiThe smog and pollution is worse than anywhere I have ever seen. It took my throat some getting used to the first couple daysIf you are drivi http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-279898.html Awoke with a nasty head suprise much to a fairly empty hotal room as Sam Kelvin Mandy and Anita had left for England. Poor Sam..'he will just hate me for a week' and 2 hours sleep hell. We cleared up and Ben and I got a sickly taxi to the central station carrying all our kit. Got stuck into a KFC seem to eat more Western filth out here than back at home which saved the day and absored th http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-279224.html At 10am everybody stirred and we headed to Sacha's by 11am. We went cos of their buffetmain mealFREE FLOW champagne scene for 115 yuan about 8 quid. Sat outside bathed with sun and surrounded by plants and beautiful westerners it felt more Puerto Banus than China. We abused the champers to the max and were annoying the already annoyed waiting staff with our tipsy demands. 3 o'clock was the b http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-279217.html Woke on the sofa in the hotel and went with Ben and Anita to look for a laptop for Nita. The technology malls in Shanghai are quite something 6 stories high and every shop filled with workers. Filled with workers mainly cos they dont have to pay them much and China's need to create 24 million jobs per year to cope with demand. Find a small laptop for about 300 quid it had poker capabilites which http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-279213.html Landed in Pudong Airport at 8am after a good flight with plenty of British comedy Peep Show and Gavin and Stacey and some fine cinema Superbad and Hitman to send me off to the East. 6 hrs sleep in 2 days and landing in dreary wet weather which after leaving a fantastically sunny Heathrow was slighty minor tho Missing everyone already but overridden by a sense of thrill and dread for the unkn http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-277393.html Hi EveryoneIt's been a while since we've had good computer access. In Hong Kong we stayed in a dump so there was no free internet like in Beijing and Shanghai. I am now in Kaohsiung City Taiwan visiting my friend Bridget I've finally had a chance to upload Shanghai pictures. Sorry by the middleend I stopped describing stuff i got lazy. Shanghai was awesome I've never in my life seen http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-275383.html S for sren s er det blog tid igen der er jo get lidt tid siden den forrige Lige nu sidder jeg i vores hostels fllesrum hvor der er Wifi trdlst net fee Sidst jeg skrev her var i tirsdags hvor vi var ved at skulle til Shanghai og udover tre timers forsinkelse var der ingen problemer med flyveturbaggage osv. Det er nu lrdag aften og vi skal videre mod Nanjing imorgen. Da vi kom herned http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-246852.html Hey everyoneWell we've been back to work now for over two weeks so our Xmas break ending on January 3rd has been a bit of a shock to the system not to mention having Chris' visit rapidly winding down. But we've been managing to stave off the January blues...sightseeing barhopping and restaurant sampling along with just chilling at night with a movie or odd game of scrabble which has all http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-236909.html Chinese pakjesavondOoit afgevraagd hoe een pakjesavond er in het buitenland uit zou zien Hoe de pieten laat staan de Sint er daar uit zou zien Ik niet echt eigenlijk...Toch valt het allemaal best mee De pieten hebben geen spleetogen tenminste geen enkele piet gezien met spleetogen... Helaas konden de pakjes niet via de schoorsteen omdat onze flat 30 hoog is dus dan maar door de voordeur. Ge http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-225371.html NihauMet nog precies 10 werkdagen over begin ik hier mijn dagen af te tellen. Aan de ene kant helaas maar aan de andere kant ook wel weer een fijn vooruitzicht om iedereen weer te zien en normaal te kunnen eten .Gelukkig hoef ik me niet te vervelen want het plannen van de laatste trip had toch iets meer voeten in de aarde dan ik dacht. Het eerste plan was om een weekje naar Laos te gaan. Een hui http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-224009.html Apartment Y5000 a monthInternet Y130 a monthTaxi meter starts at Y11Nofu Spring Water Y1.20Subway single leg Y3Breakfast pancake Y1Pirated dvd Y7Deluxe foot massage Y88Starbucks latte Y24Text message China mobile Y0.10 each.Pair of socks Y10Admission into Shanghai Museum Y10Dumplings at Nanxiang Xiao Long Y11 http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-220318.html Back in Shanghai still in one piece. I was starting to miss Shanghai I am happy to not be sleeping at a hotel tonight nor trying to figure out where to eat where to go or when to get to the bus stop or airport. I had such a good trip the past 6 weeks. I am thankful that everything went smoothly and I did and saw almost everything I wanted to A few more days in Shanghai and then I head h http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-219817.html Sunday October 707Hey everyoneWell Shanghai continues to dazzle yet frustrate....regarding the latter one of my colleagues uses the acronym 'TIC' for 'this is China' for every time something doesn't go the way you'd expect and lately we too seem to be throwing it into every other sentence....for example on the first night of our holidays the taxi took us to the wrong area in Saturday hol http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-208143.html Here is some tips for saving money if you ride the Maglev in Shanghai .Only Shanghai has the Maglev in the world So if you will paid a visit to Shanghai you just can not miss it Do be scared by the price of the malevit just cost you 50Yuan7.5. In order to save money you can show your air ticket so they will give 10Yuan1.5offand then it just 40yuan.Do not hesitate Take taxi to Pudong Int http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-206305.html I've been spending the past few days hiding from the rain studying and reading. I decided to treat myself to lunch at a restaurant today called Larbre de Provence in Metro City. I always see the restaurant pretty crowded with people eating the lunch buffet. So I go for the buffet too 39 rmb per person and I am seated. I get up to help myself. There's a bunch of cold salads and an assortment http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-205373.html No more ringing from my bicycle bell. I found a buyer I bought the bike two months ago to ride to school and since it's starting to rain and I'll be out of Shanghai traveling for the next month I decided to go ahead and just sell it. I posted it on Shanghai Craigslist and found a buyer. I bought the bike and lock for 300 rmb and I'm selling it for 150 rmb. Not bad. I would have kept it lon http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shanghai/Xujiahui/blog-204126.html