Our final day in Shanghai was spent shopping - alone! Billy and Jingyi went their way and Meg and I returned to The Bund and its surrounding area. We walked along the riverfront, then returned to "Old Town" and the alleys to shop. We did very well without Billy, finding the "negotiating game" fun. I have the "shake my head and walk away" move down really well and we were able to make some good buys.
Shanghai is amazing. The city just oozes history and many different cultures are blended everywhere. The dialect is different so Billy and even Jingyi had some problems understanding the natives. We really took a leap of faith today on our own, but remembered where we had been on Thursday, so it was very exciting to walk the streets and return to the hotel in a cab on our own. We basically handed the taxi driver the business card of the hotel and he took us right there. The photos today are some memories of Shanghai including the street by our hotel with its shops and the back up at stop lights of cars and bikes. We also returned to the park and watched a coach with some kids learning their crossovers on rollerblades! We did tire of the beggars and the "Hello, want some rolexes?" We heard a new one today - "Can I watch your bag for you?" Yeh right! We returned to Beijing tonight - we had arrived at the Shanghai airport way too early after being told it was an hour cab ride (actually 20 minutes). Hainan Airlines is my kind of airline - they let us basically switch flights at no cost and walk right on a plane and we returned two hours early! I saw the attendants line up at the end of the cabin and, as they said we were landing in 15 minutes, they bowed together as a group to thank us. It was cool.
Shanghai is amazing. The city just oozes history and many different cultures are blended everywhere. The dialect is different so Billy and even Jingyi had some problems understanding the natives. We really took a leap of faith today on our own, but remembered where we had been on Thursday, so it was very exciting to walk the streets and return to the hotel in a cab on our own. We basically handed the taxi driver the business card of the hotel and he took us right there. The photos today are some memories of Shanghai including the street by our hotel with its shops and the back up at stop lights of cars and bikes. We also returned to the park and watched a coach with some kids learning their crossovers on rollerblades! We did tire of the beggars and the "Hello, want some rolexes?" We heard a new one today - "Can I watch your bag for you?" Yeh right! We returned to Beijing tonight - we had arrived at the Shanghai airport way too early after being told it was an hour cab ride (actually 20 minutes). Hainan Airlines is my kind of airline - they let us basically switch flights at no cost and walk right on a plane and we returned two hours early! I saw the attendants line up at the end of the cabin and, as they said we were landing in 15 minutes, they bowed together as a group to thank us. It was cool.
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