Blogs from Pudong, Shanghai, China, Asia - page 16

Evo nas na kitajskem! Po pritanku nas jetakoj doletela vonja s sper hitrim Maglevom in dobesedno 300na uro smo oddrvele v center do svojih hotelv, ki so vsem izpolnili pričakovanja. Vlakec je superca, sicer nismo šli do konca hitr, ma ko se nagne je res dober filing in ni ti slabo, kot pri našem domačem pendolinu =) Ne boste verjel, sam na poti proti Shanghaiu tale vlakec šibne tudi mimo prav tisih blokov, od katerih se je lani eden prekucnil in smo lahko gledal po vsem svetu fotkekako to gre...da piloti ven pogedajo, medtem, ko so vse šipe ostale cele. Takoj sem prepoznala mesto zločina! ...upam da ga nazaj grede uspem ujeti v objektiv. Ko smo pri objektivih...takoj na vlakcu smo bile seveda atrakcija! Na nas so se spravile prov simpatične enske srednjih let, kitajke_vesele turistke, ... read more

What an amazing vibrant city Shanghai was. It was totally different than the other cities I have been in China. After arrival (like always in china) there was a problem with one of the crew's passport and so we only departed too the hotel 2 hours later. Everyone was passed out in the bus, as it was 'n midnight departure. Arriving at the hotel 4 of us still had some energy and went to the underground market. Well if you have been to one market in china you have been to them all. After the market it was time for dinner and Vlad took us to a restaurant in down town. Wow great food but we were super tired after eating and we took the long train ride back to the hotel and slept like babies. ... read more

How a vacation plan can change so easily. With the Volcano erupting in Iceland and the plumes of volcanic ash over Britain and European Countries, many travellers plans were in disarray or just became unstuck. Airline carriers in Australia had placed embargoes on flights to Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong. This meant Jeffrey and I had to hastily change departure date, flight and hotel accomodation. Not knowing what flight we would get, we rearranged to fly Qantas straight to Shanghai 25 April and stay there for 2 days and fly Air China to Beijing. We have booked to stay at the Le Royale Meridien Shanghai, from there we do self tours. Checking websites with the question Shanghai in one day? The most answer was do pick 3 place to go ... read more

Wow, cant believe its a week already! The trip to Shanghai started slower then anticipated as the train was delayed by 50 mins but on the plus side the staff were as helpful as they could be. I had no idea where to go when I entered Xi’an station so waved my ticket in front of the ladies face and she took me upstairs and pointed me into a waiting lounge. When it was time to go another lady came to get me and pointed me to the platform. I am travelling “Soft” (first class), this consists of a TV at the end my bed with no reception (if it did have then I wouldn’t understand it anyway) and the bed incidentally is also the seat, this is hard (but actually great for my back). One ... read more

I made the most of my remaining time stuck in Xi’an. I visited a number of attractions I had already seen just to keep my mind occupied, along with some new ones. I took a bus with the British lads to the Big Goose Pagoda which was markedly different to the seemingly hundreds of other temples I have visited in China. We climbed 16 flights of stairs to the top, bloody knackered and saddened at the state of the fog. Afterward, we had a relaxing stroll around for a while and then hopped on another bus to find a museum. Eventually after wandering around some quaint ‘Hutongs’ we found the Belin Museum of Stone Forests. It wasn’t amazing but I’m glad we went. The buildings were all covered in huge tablets of thick stone, with 1300 ... read more