Shanghai

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After a Chinese breakfast of rice porridge (nice), steamed dumplings and toast (spreading margarine with chopsticks works quite well...) we set off on the metro for the maglev station. We did a return trip on the maglev train to Pudong airport - 8 mins each way and a maximum speed of 431km/h. It's impressive, although it wobbles a bit disconcertingly! After a trip round the museum that explains how it was built we headed to the area of Shanghai with lots of skyscrapers and a big mall with lots of expensive shops. We paid an extortionate amount to go to the 100th floor of the World Financial Centre building for a great, but slightly hazy, view over the city. In the afternoon we went to the Shanghai museum, which was interesting and not too big! This evening we strolled along the Bund, getting a fantastic view across the river. Tomorrow we're catching another sleeper train to Xi'an.

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