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Asia 2009: Day 14 (Shanghai, Part 1)
Posted on October 20th, 2009 3 commentsAfter two days at sea, we arrived in Shanghai. I opened the curtains this morning and saw a view I won’t soon forget — the amazing skyline of the Pudong district of the city. Most of the day was spent on an excursion to Suzhou (pics to come), but here are photos of the city from the morning and evening of my first day in Shanghai.
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- I woke up to quite a view this morning
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- I woke up to this view this morning
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- It ain’t pretty, but the Oriental Pearl Tower certainly catches your eye
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- Looking toward The Bund
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- The Pudong skyline is incredible at night
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- Another angle
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- Closer view shows the Shanghai WFC (giant bottle opener) on the left, Jin Mao Tower on right
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- One more look
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- Looking up the river
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- Looking toward The Bund
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- This was right next to our ship. Naturally, the colors change.
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- Building in The Bund district
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- Nanjing Rd is full of people desperate to sell you junk, at almost any price.
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- Lots of stores selling crap to tourists
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- But there are huge, upscale malls too
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- Nanjing Road is the busiest street in China
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- Nice building
3 responses to “Asia 2009: Day 14 (Shanghai, Part 1)”
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That purple building not only changes colors, it also scrolls text across its surface in various directions. I think it might just be the name of the building or company, in both Chinese characters and English letters. Pretty cool. I also liked the sparkles at the top of the WFC at night. Check it out!
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So the other day I was thinking, I haven’t seen anything from Jeff Keller in my RSS feeds in a very long time. I went back to look and the last post I saw was from August. Oh dear, oh dear, what happened to Jeff? Came to your blog and what’s this? I’ve freaking missed three months! RSS Fail. And I missed a photo trip and I love those. So I promise to try not to comment on every photo post within the next 10 minutes as I catch up but have to say I love those night shots. The architecture of the buildings is so unique.
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Mark DeLoura October 20th, 2009 at 13:08