Some highlights of Shanghai & Hangzhou

Of random pictures and highlights of the trip and not in sequence. Shall upload all the rest in FB - when I find the energy to do so...

* Taking the cruise down the river to see the skyline.

* Pearl of Orient at night is much better looking.

* I personally think the Shanghai night view is nicer than HK. The architectures are really so interesting, compared to our local squarish buildings.

* evening skyline.

* Pearl of Orient. The popular tourist spot. It's a sky tower basically.

* up in the revolving restaurant in the Pearl of Orient. If you do go there, do skip the lunch. It really is bad.

* looking down.

* I liked my self taken pix the best. Caught the sticker that I wanted to in the background.

* spotted a beautiful architecture in XinTianDi. A very hip place. But it feels more Robertson Quay than Clarke Quay. Only nicer. We went to a local pub called Luna and moved on to another club supposedly opened by Carina Lau. I liked that place! The DJ was good... But the pix of the drunken people are really not so nice. Shall leave them out.

* spotted an olympic torch

* Zhou Manor. Was a really enjoyable location.

* we took the boat rowed by an ah po... she's really mean. try to frighten me by rocking the boat...

* spotted faux pas. we were super amused with the shop name.

* a popular place. good for shopping for souvenirs.

* visited my fren's home in Shanghai

* Went to watch the Circus. It's a daily affair, with a permanent location. Very pro. I loved the performance! There was a live orchestra and singer performing along with the troupe. And there was really effort to do up the backdrop and props for the different themes.

* Hermes spotted!

* the best food and value for money for the whole trip. If you go to Hang Zhou, please try this Wai Po Jia ....

* what else you can't miss in Hangzhou - West Lake (i.e. Xi1 Hu2)

* Westlake ... Lei Feng Ta

* the boat we took on the westlake.* poor guys were facing the crowd on the last row of the tram we took. It was so crowded, i bet they felt like animals being showcased.

* a climb up to the Pagoda in Hang Zhou

* Hang Zhou Long Jing Tea boiled in spring water. V expensive. This one was S$10 per glass. But it's really nice.

* gorgeous foliage. beautiful willows, bamboo trees etc.

Dong Po Rou - unabashly the best I had. at Zhiweiguan in Hang Zhou