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Shanghai: Beautiful Pudong City View And The Bund

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China Trip – Shanghai: Beautiful Pudong City View And The Bund 上海夜景，外滩夜景 (Day 4) – Previously, I stopped off at taking the Shanghai Ferry from Pudong across the Huangpu river and now I want you bring you to the promenade of The Bund to check out the fascinating night city view of Pudong and also the spectacular The Bund with awesome western architecture.

The city of Pudong, Shanghai looks really awesome at night, it gives a feeling of futuristic city with the round Oriental Pearl TV Tower and many LED signs.

Besides that, across the river from Pudong is The Bund 外滩 where all the great western architecture building are. It blends modern and old design very well. Looks real good. I get to know the promenade was constructed for Shanghai World Expo in 2010, before that it was not that cool as now.

It was pretty cold at there, about 4 degree celcius and there’s many people at The Bund Riverside Promenade. Many photographers were there too because that night had a full-moon lunar eclipse. We were like waiting at there until the whole moon was fully ‘eaten’.

We were feeling too cold, the ‘moon eating’ was taking too long and we did not waited till the end, we walked to East Nanjing Road for dinner – McDonald’s, =D, only then we headed back to the hotel room and put a full-stop to the day. Day 4 was fun!

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April 27, 2012
Shanghai: Ferry From Pudong To Huangpu 上海轮渡

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China Trip – Shanghai: Ferry From Pudong To Huangpu 上海轮渡 (Day 4) – Penang has the ferry, Hong Kong has the ferry, New York has the ferry, Shanghai too has ferry service connecting Huangpu and Pudong in between the Huangpu River. Brother and I were at Pudong area and we wanted to go back to Huangpu area where the old Shanghai city is and from there, we wanted to enjoy the night view of beautiful Pudong Shanghai, so we went to take a ride on the Shanghai Ferry.

We couldn’t find the ferry at first, it’s not clear on the Google Maps and we actually went the wrong way. Ended we took a cab to the ferry terminal located on Tangqiao Road. The ferry will take you to The Bund and it costs only RMB2. You can pay with Shanghai Transportation Card too!

Well, the ferry is just for ferry, nothing much cool about it, unlike Hong Kong’s or Penang’s which has a long history about the ferry. The Shanghai’s Ferry is enclosed and has heater in it. One weird thing is that it’s call 轮渡 (Lun2 Du4) instead of 渡輪 (Du4 Lun2) in Mandarin. We normally call it Du4 Lun2 in my hometown – Penang.

It’s pretty fast, takes about 10 minutes+ to reach the other side of the river. And then we started capturing photos and enjoying the view of Shanghai. Share with you in the next post. =)

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April 26, 2012
Shanghai: Magnificent Apple Store At Pudong

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China Trip: Shanghai: Magnificent Apple Store At Pudong (Day 4) – Shanghai Pudong’s Apple Store is one of the most beautiful Apple Store in the world, the other cool one that I think is the one at 5th Avenue, New York. This huge cylinder shape Apple Store located near to Pudong’s Oriental Pearl TV Tower is a perfect blend into the surrounding.

Being an Apple fans, how can I not visit the coolest Apple Store on Earth?

Same as other Apple Store around the world, you will see a huge glass structure with the illuminated huge Apple logo hanging at the center.

Walking down the spiral stairs which locates the main hall of Apple Store, this is the place where all the retail and consultation are. Again, it’s looks the same like other Apple Store around the world. It’s simple, it’s cool, it’s full of people and it’s awesome!

Apple’s trademark glass spiral stairs!

The simplicity of the design really reflects the cool-ness of Apple! Check out Apple Store at East Nanjing Road too.

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April 26, 2012
Shanghai: Pudong IFC & Oriental Pearl Tower 明珠塔

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China Trip: Shanghai: Pudong IFC & Oriental Pearl Tower 明珠塔 (Day 4) – Gonna continue back my travel post on Shanghai which I has stopped for a month ago. Now I want to bring you over to Pudong district to check out the famous IFC (International Financial Centre) and the not-to-be-missed Oriental Pearl Tower, a TV tower in Shanghai.

Brother below Oriental Pearl Tower.

The magnificent TV tower with a super futuristic design.

The huge roundabout with a circular skybridge connecting to all directions. Very cool!

HSBC tower.

We took the Shanghai Metro from Huangpu to Pudong and once we got out of the station, we were under the huge round futuristic Oriental Pearl Tower. Our main destination is actually the Apple Store at Pudong, and also to check out the Oriental Pearl Tower.

Can you spot Apple logo?

The Apple Store at Shanghai Pudong!

How about IFC? IFC is actually not the main point, but because of Apple Store is located in IFC, so we went to check out too. The architecture of the buildings are simply awesome, it locates the cool HSBC building too.

A road nearby.

Brother and I did not go up to the viewing deck of Oriental Pearl Tower because we wanted to save cost (about 100RMB/pax). I think there’s nothing much to see on top except the Shanghai city. I feel it’s better to view Shanghai by the riverside instead of from tall.

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April 26, 2012
Shanghai: Laojie (Old Street) Street Food

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China Trip – Shanghai: Laojie (Old Street) 上海老街 (Day 4) -After touring Yu Yuan Garden, we went to explored further around the area surrounding Yu Yuan, only then we found out that the famous Shanghai Old Street (Shanghai Laojie) is located right next to Yu Yuan. It’s another attraction that is located in the travel guide. To be exact, Yu Yuan is actually part of Shanghai Old Street.

At there you will find lots of retail outlet, as well as building built during the Qing Dynasty, and also street food! There’s a street at Shanghai Laojie which sells various type of Shanghai Street Food like stinly toufu, fried chicken finger, fruits, crab, chicken, noodle, BBQ and more!

The food does in fact look good, but then hygiene wise, not really good. Though, brother and I did try out some food at there. We prefer eating out at a restaurant.

After eating, we walked to the Yu Yuan Shanghai Metro station, and headed to Pudong area next.

Huge fruit slice at only 2RMB/piece.

Deep Fried Chicken Fingers.

Liang Pi Cold Noodle, a cold noodle-like Chinese dish made from rice flour.

Pirated DVD and Blu-Ray in Shanghai.

Bing Tang Hu Lu 冰糖葫芦.

Cloth and undergarments are all hang this way to dry out. Chinese said it’s bad luck to walk under them.

An Islamic mosque in Shanghai.

Brother bought a mask to protect from the icy cold breeze.

March 13, 2012
Shanghai: Yu Yuan Garden & Cheng Huang Taoist Temple

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China Trip – Shanghai: Yu Yuan Garden 豫园 & Cheng Huang Taoist Temple (Cheng Huang Miao 城隍庙) (Day 4) – We alighted at Yu Yuan Garden from the City Sightseeing Bus, Yu Yuan, literally means Yu Garden is located in the Old City of Shanghai, which is also next to the famous Chenghuang Miao (Cheng Huang Temple).

The Yu Yuan is one of the must-visit attractions in Shanghai as it is considered as one of the most lavish and finest Chinese garden. You can head over there by Shanghai Metro Line 10’s Yuyuan Garden Station.

It’s a very commercialised tourist spot now with many retail outlet selling clothing, gifts, food and more. Yuyuan was first established in 1559 as a private garden and now is a famous tourist destination. You can find the famous and some said it’s the best Xiao Long Bao at there – Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao.

Yu Yuan 豫园

Selling Malaysian’s Nangka at RMB10 per box.

Inside Yu Yuan with many food outlet, spot Starbucks Coffee.

High tech toilet with LED ticket telling you the time on how long one has been in there and status.

Chenghuang Miao 城隍庙

After checking out Yuyuan, another attraction that could not be missed is the famous Chenghuang Temple. It’s RMB10 per entry. Chenghuang Miao, also known as City God Temple is a Taoist temple which was built more than 500 years ago during 1400.

Although there’s Chenghuang Temple in Penang & else where in Malaysia, but then the features, the temple style and the type of Gods are a little bit different. The God’s statue in the temple here are somewhat, cuter. HAHA.

Entrance to Chenghuang Miao.

Pay your entrance fee of RMB10 through this little hole.

Brother warming his hand by the fire place.

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March 12, 2012
Shanghai: On The City Sightseeing Bus #1

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China Trip – Shanghai: On The City Sightseeing Bus #1 上海都市观光车 (Day 4) – It’s time to hop on the 30RMB City Sightseeing bus to go a little tour around Shanghai. Well, if you were to tour on the City Sightseeing bus, be sure to wake up early, sit on the bus to tour the whole city first before getting off at any stop.

We thought of using the City Sightseeing bus as our mode of transport around attractions but it’s not really useful as the frequency of the bus is very long. Just take the bus around, listen to the introduction, then forget about the bus anymore. Walk on foot or Metro to attractions as Shanghai is designed for walking.

We started off at East Nanjing Road, passed by Waibaidu Bridge, The Bund, and we alighted at Yu Yuan Garden, guess what, that’s end of our trip on the City Sightseeing Bus because we wanted to get back on to go to another location, but then it’s over the operation hour and we have to get back onto the bus the next day.

The bus ticket, notice the edge being cut, it’s a mark that you have got on board.

Direction signs with Chinese & English.

See Apple’s logo at the centre.

The road in Shanghai.

Waibaidu Bridge, a famous bridge in Shanghai which is also the first bridge in China fully made of steel.

I can see Shanghai’s Pudong skyline from here.

Along Shanghai Tan (Shanghai Beach), The Bund.

Very cool western style building along The Bund.

Awesome skyline of Shanghai’s Pudong. Look very futuristic.

Chinese flag.

Arrived at Yu Yuan Garden, an ancient city in Shanghai, refurbished become a hot tourist spot.

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March 11, 2012

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