Shanghai(上海)

[Feb 19, 2010]

Should never miss Xin Tian Di (新天地) at Shanghai. It is one of the nicest areas to go at night. Don't miss the brasilian barbeque restaurant. After dinner, have a nice drink at any bars around.

One of the most famous structure in Shanghai and the cradle of typical Shanghai snacks, is the elegant built Town God Temple (Cheng Huang Temple - 城隍庙). As local Shanghainese believe that, under the protection of Town God, they could be empowered to live peacefully and make a prosperous future. Today, Town God Temple become a very popular site for visitors from all over the world. Other than temple fair and worship, it's also been used as a nice place for shopping and dinning. Nowadays there are more than one hundred small shops and restaurants and the products on sell are countless.

At night, we went to Oriental Pearl Tower (东方明珠塔). The tower is 468 m high, the highest in Asia and the third highest in the world. There is a revolving teahouse and a sightseeing platform, which can accommodate 1600 people in the largest ball. Here visitor can get a panoramic view of the Bund and Pudong New area.

Another new attraction in the list is Shanghai wax museum (上海风情蜡像馆). People may think that it is similar like Madame Tussauds. In fact it is different. The wax museum only displays the ancient lifestyle of Shanghainese.

The next day we went for last minute shopping at Tao Bao Cheng (淘宝城) before heading back to Malaysia. It is definitely a great place to grab for cheap souvenirs like key chains, magnets, T-shirt with the word "Shanghai", baby clothes, lugagges, dress, and etc.