Yesterday we went to Lujiazui, the Fabric Market, and the Bund. Lujiazui (pronounced Lu-gi-a-way) is where the big Super Brand Mall is located. It has a ton of stores from all over the world and it has 12 floors. It's also where the Pearl Tower is. The Pearl tower used to be the tallest builging in the world until Shanghai built the newest tallest building in the world just a few blocks away. The Fabric Market is where you can go to get things made really really cheap. Anything you want, custom fit to you! AND, it's REALLY cheap. I'm getting a dress made there for 20 US dollars and it is being made from scratch to fit only me. I couldn't even find dresses that DIDN'T fit me in the States for 20 dollars. We also went to the Bund. It has some of the oldest buildings in Shanghai. Most of them date back to before the cultural revolution. There was so much construction going on around it that we didn't reallly get a chance to see a lot, but I got some pretty good shots of the city.
One of the bad things about living here is the transportation situation. When we were in Lujiazui, we were SO exhausted by the end of the day. All we wanted to do is to get home. Well, home was a 30 minute metro ride, where you're most likely standing because the seats are always filled, and then a taxi ride back to where you parked your bike, and then a bike ride back to your house. It is always a long way home.
Monday we head to Beijing. There we will see the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. I should have some good pictures of them.
Alisha and myself on the ferry to the other side of the city.
^The Pearl Tower
^The Fabric Market
^The new tallest building in the world.
Keep checking back, I know I'll have more pictures soon! You can see more pictures at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2006822&l=8044d&id=1226970196 .
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