Shanghai, Shipping & Shopping Day 1 & 2 Moving out of the East China Sea and toward the Huangpu River (Wangpu) we picked up our Pilot to guide us into Shanghai. We had to reach the river during high tide to have enough draft for the ship. It took us 7 hours from the sea until 9 pm when we docked amid the most amazing sight ever. All around us buildings up to 88 stories, reaching for the sky and each of them lit up like a Christmas tree. Some were twinkling, some had strobes or running lights, every building ablaze, the sky was aglow. Everyone was out on deck to watch us come down the river and dock. The band was playing, and a party going on, on our decks. All along the river there
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