My husband's Shanghai photos - part 2 of 3 - Shanghai, old and new
Part 1
My husband's Shanghai photos - part 1 of 3 - Arrival and the Multilingual Youth Camp in Taihu
My daughter's essay:
My daughter's trip to Shanghai - August, 2008 - Part Two - Shanghai at Night: The Promenade, Pudong and the Bund - old and new
My daughter's trip to Shanghai - August, 2008 - Part one - Shanghai's People's Square, YuYuan Garden and Zoo
And, without further ado, I bring you Shanghai, the Grand Finale.
Street scene in Shanghai, a city of 18 some million people.
YuYuan Garden.
YuYuan Garden.
YuYuan Garden.
YuYuan Garden.
Fish in the Lotus Pool in the YuYuan Garden.
The Lotus Pool.
The Bund sightseeing tunnel. The tunnel consisted of a series of psychedelic displays, shown here.
Gondola car that one takes to go into the Bund tunnel.
Oriental Pearl TV Tower by daylight. One of the tallest structures in the world.
The building on the left is called the World Financial Center.
The building on the right is called the Jin Mao Building (much gold).
The Jin Mao is 88 floors - a double lucky building, since the number 8 represents luck.
The WFC is now the tallest building in China. The courtyard at the top is not yet open.
The tallest buildings in the world (so far).
Dubai will soon complete a building that will surpass Taipei 101, number 1 on the list of highest skyscrapers.
1. Taipei 101, Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan), 1,671 ft.
2. Shanghai World Financial Center, People's Republic of China, 1,614 ft.
3. Petronas Towers 1 and 2, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1,483 ft.
5. Sears Tower, Chicago, USA, 1,451 ft.
6. Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 1,380 ft.
7. Two International Finance Center, Hong Kong, (Hong Kong SAR) 1,362 ft.
8. CITIC Plaza, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, 1,283 ft.
9. Shun Hing Square, Shenzhin, People's Republic of China, 1,260 ft.
10. Empire State Building, NYC, USA, 1,250 ft (structure, not the tip). Completed, 1931.
Perflect reflection.
My son mugging with Jackie Chan at Mme. Tussaud's.
This has an interesting story. These are genuine freshwater Pearl oysters. They open up an oyster and will give you a Pearl, for free. They will drill a small hole for you, free. They will give you a silver necklace chain for free, in addition to one pearl.
Skyline at night.
Pearl TV tower at night.
Looking down from inside the top of the Jin Mao Building. The Hyatt is some floors below.
Gorgeous photo at night of the reflecting lights of the Shanghai World Financial Center.
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Boats in the harbor.
Looking very regal.
This news ticker definitely reminds me of the one in NYC's Times Square.
People's Square.
Across the Huang Pu river, looking at the Promenade.
The Promenade.
Buyers and sellers on the Promenade. There is an interesting story here. My family gave my son's too-small, old suitcase to the woman in the foreground in a white shirt, holding a brown case. She could barely believe that they were just giving it away to her, for free. They bought a larger suitcase on the Promenade. The seller was trying to convince my family that the suitcase they were buying was "Samsonsite," but my family knew that it was "bu" or fake Samsonsite. But for the price, they did not mind. They just needed a large suitcase. The suitcase they gave away, was a real Samsonite case, bought years ago.
The New Asia Hotel, where my family stayed for a few days.
Enroute to the airport.
A wonderful trip, all in all.
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Comments: 49
There are some incredible videos on YouTube about teaching English in Shanghai. Definitely worth checking out.
Lots of international cuisine in this international city. Lots of English, as you can see. The taxi drivers to not speak English but English is the language at the airport, unlike Tokyo. where my family nearly got lost because they could not read a sign, three years ago. Fortunately, they found someone in Tokyo in 2005, who helped them get on the train going in the right direction, just in time for the plane.
In Shanghai, English is de rigeur.
About 200 million people are learning English, according to a video I saw. That is a small drop in the bucket, however, since there are 1.2 billion people in China.
Chinese is the dominant language in the world currently in terms of people speaking it, but it won't be too many years before English becomes the most spoken language in the world, thanks largely to China's efforts.
An entrance exam for University includes a mandatory English exam. Foreign experts (native English speakers) are needed in the schools.
China also has 8 week English language camps in the summer.
There are many programs for native English speakers to go and teach in China. USA, CAN, UK,Ireland, AUS, NZ, SA.
Some programs are excellent, others leave much to be desired.
I am currently investigating the ins and outs of teaching next summer, hopefully Shanghai.
But yes, it really was worth it.
Whets my appetite for a trip.
What would YOU expect to pay for a 100 percent slik kimono? Imported by someone individually from China.
I would have guessed much more than that.
Score!
Thank you and good night. And good morning.
Anne B. Grote.
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