After a 12 hour flight from Heathrow to Hong Kong, then a connecting 2 hour flight to Shanghai I start my China adventure by taking the Maglev train (which uses magnetic levitation to get along with a top speed of 430km/h) into the city and for the next couple of days visit sights such as The Bund Waterfront, The Old Town & Yu Yuan Garden, the view at night from the World Financial Center and I also took part in a Traditional Tea Ceremony!
View from my plane coming into ShanghaiThe Pudong lit up at night – spot the 'Blade Runner' backdrop on one of those skyscrapers.The Bund at night - the geisha on the building, you can see where Ridley Scott got his ideas for the film Blade Runner from!Ferry at night, Pudong, ShanghaiI 'heart' ShanghaiAfter editing this colorful photo I noticed something strange in it - can you see what it is?Delivered straight to your hotel room.Not sure what this kind of board game is called but I like the timing of this shot!Ancient building in Yu Garden, ShanghaiEar wax removal whilst waiting for your favourite kitchen knives get a sharpening – you can get it all in Shanghai!Think this guy was selling lottery ticketsThis take away was so popular there was a queue going down the alley - I snapped this one through the kitchen window, like how the women are throwing money are frantically waving there money to get the food!The beautiful Yu Garden Tea House with the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in the distance.Dumplings! with a straw!The Old Town, Nanshi in ShanghaiFast food restaurant sign - I saw a quite a few of these, think they are like a Chinese Mc Donalds with a mascot who would kick Ronald's arse!Tea House in The Old Town - notice the modern skyscraper under construction in the back? that's going to be one of the biggest in the world, the Shanghai Tower at 2,073 feet!My first experience of the ‘selfie stick’, when I got back to England this phenomenon seemed to follow me…This dragon sculpture spanned a whole wall - like the white teeth!A peaceful moment in Yu Yuan GardenWorkers in Yu Garden, ShanghaiDetail of one of the roof tops in Yu Yuan GardenHole in the wall of Yu Garden – great entrance!Some unusual choices for packs of cards!CombsTrinketsThe symbol of China – the red lanten, all different shapes and sizes at this stall.Can you spot what this guy is doing? clue: look at whats in his handsB&W of a bridge that felt like it could have been snapped in New York!The Bund waterfront in ShanghaiBig tanker floats down Huangpu RiverThe People's Heroes Memorial at The BundModel posing for me at The BundStill moment in Shanghai, the Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower in the backgroundThe Tea Ceremony - think I sampled about 30 different tea's here!Lit up boat floats by on the Huangpu River, the TV Tower & bottle opener also light up the backgroundThis is the view from inside the strange cable car ride of the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel, the quickest way to cross the river underground!The ‘Bottle Opener’ building towering above at night.Model of The Bund, ShanghaiThe view at night from the Shanghai World Financial Center (or as it's affectionately known, the bottle opener!)The Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower lit up at nightCool sculpture outside Louis Vuitton, this took a while to get the sculpture colours right in post processingPreparations for the Chinese New Year in the form of a light and sound show displayed on the Oriental Pearl TowerSunrise over Pudong, Shanghai
