Nice view from the Banyan Tree Hotel terrace.
Tags: Asia, China, Shanghai, North Bund
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View over the Huangpu River to the Pudong financial zone.
The Shanghai bund. I was there before, but this year the mile long river promenade was crazily crowded.
Neon lights in the shopping street Nanjing Lu.
Tags: asia, china, shanghai
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Chinese Pavillion near the entrance to the Expo.
The Polish pavillion in its green state (changes colours).
Read my whole detailed Expo 2010 Shanghai Review here.
Tags: asia, china, shanghai, expo
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Obviously I was not the only one who chose this spot to see the eclipse. The plan was to see the the totality trough the top hole in the financial tower. Just a few minutes before the show, dark clouds appeared from the west. Below is the actual view during the full eclipse. At least it got dark...and about 20 million other people around also didn't see more.
Tags: asia, china, shanghai
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Today we were doing a little research for a good position to see the eclipse. We took the oportunity and went to the observation deck of the Shanghai Financial Center. Unfortunately the weather looks not very promising....
Tags: asia, china, shanghai
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Shanghai World Financial Center (left, 492m) and Jinmao Tower (right, 421m). Both buildings will be topped in 2014 by the new Shanghai Tower which will rise to approximately 632 m. We visited this area between 10 and 11 pm. Except from taxis, busses and some construction workers the area (i.e. the park in front) was completely deserted.
Tags: asia, china, shanghai
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Today we visited the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall. The main attraction is a huge model of the Shanghai city center, which gives a good impression of the enormity of this city. (The whole municipality of Shanghai has an area 60x of what is displayed)
View from the exhibition hall to Renming Park. Just when we had to leave the museum this nasty thunderstorm had us running to the next subway station.
Tags: asia, china, shanghai, museum
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Yes, it is childish.
Tags: asia, china, shanghai, shopping
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Family gathering chinese style. There was of course lots of food and Hong Baos.
Tags: asia, china, shanghai
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Our home is just behind the Ikea near the two sport stadiums. We're living on the 14th floor.
Tags: asia, china, shanghai
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