So, Friday was travelling home day. We decided to get the MagLev. Capable of 430km/h (268mph!!) but, alas, it was a certain time of the day – so it was restricted to a puny 187mph. ^ The MagLev station. ^ On-board the MagLev. ^ 0 km/h ^ Thats not 0 km/h… ^ … More like […]

I’m typing this blog up on the plane from Shanghai to Xi’an. There’s a hell of a lot of turbulence (there seems to be on every Chinese domestic flight) so excuse any typos! Woke up around 8-9 and watched some LOST. Then me and Tim set out to find some breakfast. I ended up with […]

So, Tried to time it so the sun would be going down as we were up the TV tower. Started out with a few shots with the telephoto lens. ^ Building work in Shanghai. Fancy that. ^ Traffic in Shanghai. Okay; thats a little shocking. :p ^ Apparently this way is East! And in the […]

So…. Wednesday morning grabbed the subway to the people’s square.  ^ Chinese people doing what Chinese people do best – being numerous. ^ My brunch. Fast-food; China style. ^ This is a pizza hut in Shanghai. Pizza hut here is super, super, super pimp. And the menu was awesome. More like a general American diner […]

Final set of photos from Tuesday! Argh! Its actually Friday now, and I’m only just finishing Tuesdays blog post. I’m so far behind, but every waking hour im in my hotel – I’m blogging / sorting photos! I don’t even have time to edit the photos; they’re all just straight as they come off the […]

So, finally made it inside the observatory. A ticket to all three observation floors (97, 99 and 100th floors I think) is 150RMB – £15. Could have gone just to the 97th for £8 – but if you’re gonna do something; you gotta do it right. (or something like that.) We were warned that because […]

Okay, so after returning to the hotel for a few hours, we decided we’d head out to the Shanghai World Finanical Centre. I’d done my usual research of every minute detail on my laptop, I’d menatlly planned the route to the right subway station, the lines and changes we had to make, the closing time […]

Okay, so, this is the first of the Tuesday blog posts, covering our first outing of the day. ^ Woke up to a foggy and damp Shanghai. ^ Some early morning LOST and some repacking of the camera bag for the day ahead. ^ Gatorade and Coke in their wonderous Chinese packaging. ^ Played around […]

Wow. What a day. Today so much happened, I can’t possibly cover it one blog post. So this post is going to be a preview…or a table of contents / index of the blog posts to come. I need to go out and get some food, then I may have some energy to start the […]

So, woke up at 7:00am having packed most my stuff the night before. 7:30am got in the taxi and headed to the airport. Got there early and was confused when I couldn’t see any “Shanghai” flights on the departure board… then I realised it’s called “Pudong” in China. Meh, I still prefer Shanghai. Landed in Shanghai […]