Shanghai

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To break our journey on the way home we stayed for three nights in Shanghai. Unsure of what to expect we were very pleased with our choice of the Peace Hotel on the Bund. It was a fabulous hotel with lots of history and style; we were traveling with Marg and enjoyed staying in the club floor where we were very spoilt with afternoon teas and pre dinner drinks and canapés. We spent our three days exploring along the busy Bund, the waterfront, enjoying meals out and shopping. We spent one day on a sightseeing bus, a great way to see the local area sitting on the top deck. We found not only hotel staff but also people on the street to be very friendly and we were surprised to find people asking to have their photo taken with us. We enjoyed listening to the Old Boys jazz band on our last evening in the Peace Hotel's 1920s style bar, we felt we had been transported back in time. We would certainly stop over in Shanghai again if the opportunity arose.

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