Me and my girlfriend left Montreal for a month long trip to Asia.
(texte francais en italique plus bas!)
The architecture and lifestyle of its inhabitants is quite fascinating?
and here the expression ?its all Chinese?
takes all its meaning.
Et je peux vous dire qu?une fois sur place, l’expression ?
?c’est du chinois??
prend tout son sens….
Very clean rooms but the heating wasn?t always optimal.
Dejeuner a 40 rmb/6$ personne (48rmb si on ne reserve pas la veille).
Manhattan Bund Business Hotel (Nanjiing Road Station, Green Line 2)
No.
81-85, Dianchi Road,
Huangpu Dist.
So you don?t always know what?s in your plate and sometimes its better like that.
(between 8 & 15 CNY for a coffee and cheaper for pastries).
Miam miam
It took us a while but we found the best dumpling restaurant in Shanghai?
Jia Jia Tang Bao at about 25 minutes walk from our hotel.
It?s totally worth the walk (see Map).
?Pork dumplings are 9rmb, pork and crab 22,50rmb and crab 96rmb (price for a dozen).
Keep some extra room, the restaurant right in front does excellent fried dumplings.
On retrouve des 85c a tout les 5-6 coins de rues…
?
I?m not a big shopper so not much tips here.
There?s great view of Pudong by the waterway.
Sunrises and sunsets are amazing from here.
Pudong
Pudong is he newly constructed financial district in Shanghai, very modern and futuristic.
you might access it via a tourist tunnel complete with sound and light shows.
The cost is about 170rmb to go across, otherwise just take the subway system, much cheaper.
Oriental Pearl Tower une tour s?elevant a 468m (1,535 pieds).
Ca coute entre 15$ et 30$, selon la hauteur a laquelle on veut se rendre.
/ Pudong le soir!
/ Pudong au leve du soleil!
We visited the Shanghai Aquarium for a couple hours.
Great place to learn about marine life and stay out of the cold weather?
Local markets are along the narrow streets and have everything you might expect, even chickens getting gutted live.
Clothes are hanging out to dry, people do their toiletry and prepare their meals?.
Check out some Shanghai’s Old Town photos!
Huangpu
Huangpu is another local neighborhood that doesn?t get much tourist traffic.
It has plenty of life and outdoor markets to check out.
Un autre quartier pauvre mais tres vivant, il vois tres peu de trafique touristique.
Nous y avons passe seulement 2-3 heures a travers les rues residentielles et marches exterieur.
The People / Le Peuple
Warning for the faint of heart?
its simply part of the culture and they make no excuse for it.
You?ll never be threaten but you have to be street wise.
Their English was oddly very good compared to what we had experienced the past couple days.
After a long discussion they invite us to go enjoy a ?traditional tea tasting experience?.
Once there, we feel strangely uncomfortable, a very small place with little rooms.
The waitress, dressed in traditional clothes, only spoke to us in Chinese while the others translated.
It costs between 4-6$ per cup (barely 1oz), per person and the ?experience?
had over a dozen types of tea.
Be warned about this key in of over priced tea scam.
Ca ne veut pas dire qu’il ne faut pas faire attention.
En tant que touriste nous somme toujours vulnerable aux arnaques et il faut rester malin.
Mefiez-vous…
Transport / Deplacements
Subway:
It?s simple, efficient and cheap.
Directions are well indicated in written and spoken English.
The cost is about 1$.
It?s only 7rmb from the Nanjiing Road station and 50-60 minutes.
The transfer is easier, on the same dock as where you disembark.
Everyone looks in front of them but not sideways, very chaotic but seems to work for them.
We recommend walking or taking the subway.
Le metro:
Simple, efficace, rapide et economique (environ 1$).
Les indications vocales et ecrites sont claires et en anglais.
Ceux qui sont en voitures sont plus fortunes mais la marche et le metro est notre transport de choix.
Note: It was very, very hard to find a map of the City.
Note: Il etait tres difficile de trouver une carte de la ville.
On a finalement trouve une carte au Muse de Shanghai pour la modique somme de 70rmb/12$ lol.
Practical information / Infos Pratique
Depending on where you are from, this may vary?
Leaving from Canada you?ll need a visa for the length of your stay.
A travel agency specialized in travels to Asia.
We used the ?Chinese Visa Service Center?
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