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 

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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.

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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 YouTube Direct

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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.

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Skyscraper district

some of the incredible sights around the skyscraper district

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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.

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Pearl Tower

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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. YouTube Direct

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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. YouTube Direct

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The Bund at night

After a few a burger and a few beers it was time to wander back to our hotel along the Bund overlooking the sea of colour on the river and its backdrop. The screens and lights on the skyscrapers come on at dusk every night and run through until 10 or 11 PM.

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A stroll around Shanghai

We spent the afternoon strolling around the main retail part of city and the surrounding parks. The gardens are perfectly maintained and the streets are well swept and clean. There are thousands of people everywhere you look great prey for the dozens of copy watch salespeople who are easy to shrug off but every 2 […]

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Fakes and bikes

We found the Apple Store and guess what they have the Iphone X on sale a few weeks before launch. It hasn’t got much craftsmanship, doesn’t work very well but it’s here now and cheaper than what the other Apple Store around the corner has. They even have a range of Apple Ipads, phones and […]

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