Shanghai
Hubby and I had the opportunity to travel to Shanghai for business in October. What an amazing city!!!!
Our trip got off to a slow start after we boarded the plane. Storms hit Sydney so we sat on the plane for 2 hours before we could go anywhere. This along with delays landing in China turned a 9.5 hour flight into a 12 hour flight. Ugh, not a fun way to start a trip overseas. By the time we arrived at the hotel and checked into our room it was about 1am Sydney time so we were both exhausted. Thankfully, the service at the hotel was excellent and the staff took us straight to our room and checked us in there, rather than reception which was wonderful.
Before we left I finally bought myself one of these
I had been trying to decide on a new camera for a while and I wasn’t sure whether to go for a point and shoot or a DSLR. Seeing as I hadn’t done a lot of photography before now, I struggled to justify the extra cost of a DSLR so the G11 is a great compromise. It has lots of flexbility and most of the settings that a DSLR has but its smaller and not quite as expensive as most of the DSLRs. I love it, it’s easy to use and I have managed to take most photos so far without using the auto.
So, here are some of the photos that I took while we were away – starting with Shanghai. The rest will follow soon. Hubby took some great ones with his camera so I will try and download some of them too to share them here.
Chasing the sunset
Clouds that look like you could walk on them
Looking forward over the leading edge of the wing
Sunrise over Shanghai - that is more of a heat haze than straight pollution, although there is some pollution. What you see here is about as good as it got while we were there.
Afternoon Tea for one at the Hotel, after spending our first day at an industry exhibition. And it tasted as good as it looks.
Our second day we went on a factory tour. Unfortunately for my knees, this was the only toilet there
A rice field near the factory, about an hours drive from the centre of Shanghai. The landscape completely changed from highrise buildings, mainly apartments, to rice fields and smaller houses dotted around. Once you get out of the highrise its really beautiful.
On our third day there Hubby and R went on another factory tour and R's wife M and I went walking and exploring Shanghai. It was great to walk around and really get a better feel of what the city is like. We spent hours at the Shanghai Museum and could have spent even more time there. It was wonderful to see some snippets of the history of China. Behind the Museum is The People's Park. There was lots of people feeding the birds in this oasis of green in the middle of the city. This is one of my favourite photos from the whole trip.
Bird feeding in the People's Park
Men working on a building - I'm so glad it wasn't me suspended up there
Shangahi Theatre, just so you can see how high those men are.
No explanation necessary
This is the western end of East Nanjing Road, where the pedestrian mall starts. The whole mall was a sea of people.We were warned that pickpockets target Westerners and to be very aware of people around you and not to wear handbags on your side, to keep them at the front and zipped or closed up. The guys were told not to leave their wallets in the back pockets or they would lose them for sure. It was a bit unnerving to walk around with this many people and be on your guard.
Shanghai's Communication Tower, also known as the Pearl and other buildings on the Eastern side of the Huangpu River
There are so many more photos that I took, these are just a selection. I will be uploading them to Flickr soon, so I will post a link to them and you can look at the rest if you're interested. And a disclaimer - all of these photos are straight out of the camera and the night ones were taken without a tripod which made it difficult, but I managed to get a few good ones. Also, a lot of them were taken from inside and there is reflections off the windows - I tried to edit it out in Photoshop but it looked worse.
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Wow – I am not a photographer, so I tend to look for the stories rather than the technical aspects – and I love some of those stories in your pics.
Great photos. I’m enjoying this trip to Shanghai!!! Interested in your camera as well, I’m interested in getting a better camera than our 3x point and shoot, but I don’t want anything too big either….
Awesome photos! I love the one of the girl feeding the birds. Nice assortment of pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Last time I was in Shang Hai was 16 years ago. I would like to back and see how much has changed. I love your photos they are gorgeous.
Nice!
Some great pics there…well done
Your pics look great Gem!!
And it looks like a fascinating city to visit too
Sounds like a fabulous experience. I agree with Jeanie, your photos all tell a wonderful story
So glad you enjoyed yourself amongst the work aspect
Wow.
Those are great photos. looks like an amazing place and that you had a wonderful time. The food, the city and OMG that toilet.
I wanna go to the high tea!
But not the toilet… *shudder*
Well HELLO stranger… I FINALLY made it here to your blog! I was on Malasian Airlines once and stopped at the airport for a few hours… they had those toilets. Gah!! What about people with bad knees, that’s what I want to know!
Great selection of shots…
BB
Wow! What a great experience for you two to share! That tea looks incredible! Yum. And maybe I’m a bit slow but I think I would need instructions for that toilet. It looks like someone put a urinal into the floor. Which might be okay if I wore skirts all the time with no underpants but I can just imagine how graceful I would be in pants and trying to use that thing without hurting myself. Yikes.
I had an unplanned day in Shanghai in November, because of missing our connection from Beijing to Sydney, and only got to have a bit of a walk around Nanjing Road and Peoples’ Square. I’m heading back for a planned 3.5 days next week – 2 days work, 1.5 free time. Looking forward to it.
oh yeah, I should add, so far in my travels to Asia, I’ve successfully managed to avoid having to use a squat toilet. I’d need to be desperate.