Blogs from Pudong, Shanghai, China, Asia - page 15

On our second visit to the Expo on Saturday, June 12th, we entered near the China Pavillion. It's hard to explain how massive this pavillion is compared to others. In the pictures, look for people at the base and you will get an idea. After entering, we walked around looking at the exteriors of the pavillions. The lines were all very long, so we sat to decide where to go and a young Chinese man came up to us and gave us 2 "fast pass" tickets for the Taiwan Pavillion! We had about 45 minutes to wait to use them, so we walked around the area a liitle more before returning. We still waited in line for close to an hour, but it was worth it. The Taiwan Pavillion has a large Sphere Theater inside of ... read more

Y aca estoy con blog nuevo para no perder la costumbre del ciberespacio. No hay manera de entrar en mi blog usual asi que abri otro!!! Les publico un par de fotos de la Expo vacia, que es casi un milagro ya que durante el dia es un bullicio insoportable de miles de personas gritando, morfando, sentadas en banquitos y empujando. Esa ciudad fantasma que ven es la Expo luego del partido de Argentina y de la fiesta de Rusia. Se hacen fiestas para el staff casi a diario y mi cuerpo casi anciano aguanto varias noches de joda en joda y de vodka en vodka para luego ir a laburar. Ahora hace como tres noches que no salgo por que ya no daba mas.!!! Es que no me quiero perder nada, vieron como es! Prometo ... read more

On Thursday, June 3rd, we went to the Shanghai World Expo for the first time. I don't recall seeing anywhere exactly how much area it covers, but it is big! There are 5 main areas, and we chose to start in area C, which has the Americas, Africa and Europe. After purchasing our tickets and getting through security, we just wandered a little to get an idea of what was around where we were. Neither one of us felt like standing in any lines for hours, so we only went in the pavillions with short or no lines. We were both just enjoying looking at the outsides of the pavillions from a distance, then getting up close to see what they were actually made of. The one we both enjoyed the outside of best was the ... read more

...like we decided, our last day of the expo we visited the rest of the Best Urban Practices area, again being very comfortable to visit compared to the crowds on the other side of the river and again, giving us a lot of good stuff! I was amazed by all the different info I got served here literally "in the face": 80 projects from around the world that demonstrate innovative solutions to urban issues, such as water treatment, energy conservation, transport, social interaction, and bring residents into closer contact with nature. To say again, both zone D and zone E are mostly set inside the area that has four factories that once belonged to Jiangnan Shipyard and Nanshi Power Plant. They have been renovated and converted into pavilions for the Expo. Afterwards, they will be converted ... read more

Here are some photos from different parts of Shanghai. We visited the Pearl Tower, the Buddhist Temple, a couple of gardens, and had dinner with a few NC State alumni who now live in China. We then toured the World Expo; a giant world's fair in which many countries show off their new technologies and culture. ... read more