Blogs from Shanghai, China, Asia - page 18

We arrived in Shanghai this morning on the overnight train. For a hard sleeper, it was a surprisingly comfortable journey. We were in a compartment with six bunks, and mostly slept between lights out at 10pm and arrival at Nanjing just before 7. The toilets, however, were pretty disgusting... We got to Shanghai at 11ish, after passing lots of towns and cities with high rise buildings. In Shanghai, we've walked along the Bund with its European-style buildings and view of the skyscrapers in Pudong and visited the Yuyuan gardens. This evening we went on a boat down the river, with both sides impressively illuminated. Definitely time for bed now though!... read more

Geo: 39.9165, 116.391Finally after another delayed flight with China Eastern Airlines, we left Delhi for Beijing via Shanghai at 4:30 am. In Delhi we were told our luggage would go straight through to Beijing, and we were assigned our seats. Arriving in Shanghai we were told we had to retrieve our luggage and go through another luggage drop-off. After much confusion and running around by China Eastern staff we were informed that the plane was full and we could not fly out until a later flight. We had booked this flight eight months ago, so we were not impressed at being told the flight was full when we already had assigned seats. We then spent the next five hours in China Eastern's sad first class lounge. Finally, after a two and a half hour flight we ... read more

This past August i went to shanghai for training. it was an interesting experience. This past August 4 people went to Shanghai 3 Chinese coworkers and myself. We left Jinhua West train station bound for shanhai south train station.... read more

Geo: 31.23, 121.47After breakfast we got our luggage packed up and left it at the hotel as we headed to another area of Shanghai. Today we shopped for a new camera for me. We then had lunch back in the French Concession.Back at the hotel we picked up our luggage and headed to the airport. Our flight to India was an evening flight and took 5.5 hours. True to its reputation, our departure was delayed by 2 hours. Nevertheless, it was a comfortable flight, and we arrived in Delhi at about 2:30 am.... read more

Geo: 31.23, 121.47We arrived in Shanghai. It is the largest city by population in all of China, more than 24 million people. It is a global financial center and a transport hub. Shanghai is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River and has the world's busiest container port. At our hotel we met up with our dear friend Sonya who lives in Japan. We have known Sonya for years and enjoy travelling with her. She will be joining us here in Shanghai to travel through India with us.... read more