Results tagged “Towers” from East Asia 2017
Had a broken night's sleep - a lot of coughing :( Our neighbour was also coughing a lot of the night. I was even awake for our arrival in Shanghai at 01:00. Then I turned the GPS off.
It was a lot better organised getting off this time - our guide waited at each stage for the group to catch up so we all just went through as a group.
On the coach at 9:15, set the cameras to China time (need to remember that the ones taken on the ship will be an hour different).
So our first stop of the day was the Shanghai Maglev station. We caught the Maglev out to the airport, and then stayed on the train for the trip back in. It's something like thirty kilometres, and the trip takes seven minutes with a top speed of 431 km/h. It was pretty awesome!!
Shanghai Maglev tracks
Shanghai Maglev
On the Shanghai Maglev - 431 km/h
Pudong International Airport
Shanghai Maglev
Then we went into town and went up the Jin Mao tower. But it was super rushed, only giving us about ten minutes at the top, and of course we had to fit a bathroom stop in there too (and the associated queuing). It was a bit of a murky day, but at least it wasn't raining.
Feoso Zhiguang sundial
Skyscrapers in downtown Shanghai
Shanghai from Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai from Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai Tower from Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai Tower from Jin Mao Tower
Atrium of the Grand Hyatt Shanghai hotel
Atrium of the Grand Hyatt Shanghai hotel
Shanghai World Financial Centre Tower from Jin Mao Tower
Oriental Pearl tower from Jin Mao Tower
Oriental Pearl tower from Jin Mao Tower
The Bund from Jin Mao Tower
The Bund from Jin Mao Tower
Jin Mao Tower
Jin Mao Tower
Next was a quick photo stop of the Oriental Pearl tv tower.
Oriental Pearl tower
Oriental Pearl tower
Stu and me and the Oriental Pearl Tower
And finally we went to the Bund to drop off some people that wanted to do their own thing for the afternoon, and they would catch a shuttle bus back to the ship. So as soon as I found out we were doing that I asked if we could have a few minutes to go to the river and get some photos of the skyline. Because the other day it was rainy and horrible. But she said we wouldn't have time. Grunt. I even asked the Cunard guy if he could ask for a few minutes, but when I said I'd already asked, he just said oh well too bad. I was very stabby at this point. So we get to the Bund, and a whole bunch of people slowly get off and mill around talking to her. Several minutes passed. In the end I said stuff this, jumped off the bus and said, can I run up and take a photo. One minute. She wasn't too happy, but let me, so I *ran* up the stairs, got a couple of photos, then ran back. *sigh*
Shanghai Tower, Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai World Financial Centre tower
Shanghai buildings and The Bund walkway
The Bund Bull and Shanghai
Shanghai skyline
Monument to the People's Heroes
Back at the ship we had a very late lunch, then did some washing, caught up on blogging etc. Did some work on a jigsaw for a while. Read for a while.
Plaque from Nagasaki at the Purser's Office
Plaque from Busan at the Purser's Office
Doing a jigsaw while watching ships sail down the Yangtze River
Went to the pub for pre-dinner drinks and trivia. Bad night though - only 12/20! I think the winner got 17.
At dinner Kay and Norman and Licia and David weren't there, but Bruce and Maria were. Then we were joined by two ladies from South Africa. It was all very odd.
Stu had tuna sashimi, haddock, and chocolate fondant. I had mushroom feuillete, lamb, and lemon and blackberry tart.