Thursday the last day in Shanghai so perfect excuse for a river cruise on the mighty Huangpu
River cruise
////A bit more of Shanghi
//Its our last day here today before heading over to Japan,
huge goldfish
//The historical shopping district around our hotel has a large pond filled with hundreds of carp and goldfish one of the frew living things you see other than cats. There are nearly no birds no insects to be found
technology market
//This huge market spanned 7 floors and a massive footprint full of electronics components. Ther wasnt much in the way of consumer products it was more the chips, cables and circuits found inside
Metal Street
//This street was packed with little metal merchants they specalised in different types of metat weather it be steel cooper brass alluminum or bronze, All items were cut to anout 5 meters so they could be transported be moped or bike.
Squashed on the Subway
//The subway here is the worlds largest and probably biggest. Things got real sqahsy yesterday my bag with camera and stuff got stuck in the other side of the door but fortunately it survived the trip on the outside to the next station with nothing broken
Shanghai Tower
//Being a clear day, something not to take for granted in Shanghai we took the worlds fastest lift up the Shanghai Tower the world’s second tallest building only dwarfed by Dubai’s Burj. The tower stands at 632 metres, more than double the 297 Eureka Tower in Melbourne.
Skyscraper district
//some of the incredible sights around the skyscraper district
History Museum
//After our weird under the sea experience we stumbled on the a cool history museum located at the foot of the Pearl Tower. This museum traced the history of Shanghai from a barren piece of river frontage to the huge city it is today. The models were incredible with so much detail.
Pearl Tower
//Under the sea on LSD
//Theres a crazy ride under the river to the other side. Flashing lights, strobes and a weird voice over. None of it made any sense, it was like you were on acid.
We were just dancing in the park
//Dancing is a huge pastime in the parks and gardens, they dance all day and into the night. Today there is only one group, last night there was a traditional dance with Chinese techno beat as well as a country Chinese techno line dancing group both with speakers set on 11.