We left Suzhou at 10pm and luckily we got the bullet train to Shanghai which only takes about 35 minutes. The metro was already closed when we got there so we decided to take a taxi going to the east (Pudong area) since our hostel is located in Dongchang Street. It took us more than 20 minutes to get there. We left our things and decided to spend the night in the street since we don't have so much time. We took our notes about night life in Shanghai and my friend got the name and address of famous resto bar in Shanghai which stated that they have a live band. Before we went back to western part of Shanghai we had a nice dinner on the street, vegetable barbecue, they're yummy.
We took a taxi to Hengshan Lu or Hengshan Road. It was not difficult to find since the moment we got into the place the road was full of bright lights, different colors. Those were the kinds of light that we don't like. The plan was to find a good bar where there is live music where we could relax, but all the bars there are for drinking and dancing. We checked two bars and they were just the same, they smell cigarette and alcohol and the many people looked drunk. We left those places and I was glad that my friend found a bowling center in one of the buildings that we visited. We spent the entire night playing and I realized that bowling is really fun and addictive.
Trying hard to hit at least ONE pin.
My friend is so good with it that she always hit all the pins with just one throw. When it was 5:am we decided to go back to Pudong area. We thought about experiencing real Shanghai so we decided to take a walk from Henshang Road turning Northeast to Changsu Road then the turning west to the very long Nanjing Road. We spent most of our time taking pictures of the street and the great buildings so we didn't feel tired during our walk. We always consulted our map and at one point a man approached us and told us what bus to take going to Nanjing East Road to go to HuangPu River. We didn't follow his advice instead we continued to walk down the road. When we arrived at the end of Nanjing Road, which is Donshandong Yi Road, we felt a little tired. We thought about crossing the river through Bund sightseeing tunnel. I was expecting too much since I heard from a friend that there are sea creatures show there. We paid 40 yuan/rmb per person. Then we took a cart which looks like a cable car.
We spent about 5-10 minutes in the tunnel and all we saw was colorful lights and some big screen which showed sharks, turtles and other sea creatures. There was also a voice saying about "meteor shower" which was just the light blinking. Talking about disappointment, then that was the perfect example. I was expecting that I would see something real. If I knew that we would only be seeing Christmas lights and big tv screen, there was no way that I would take the tour through that tunnel. But anyway we just thought about the ride going to the other side of Shanghai, back to where we stayed. It was the longest walk that I ever did here in China, it was about 6 to 7 hours.
We spent a few minutes looking at the other side where we have walked and took some more photos of Shanghai Puxi area. The view was magnificent since the sun was so bright and the sky was so clear. We had a good view of their great skyscrapers. Shanghai is such a modern city with a touch of real China.
Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai
Hey, we ran away from the man-remember?heheh- I am not good yet!...hehehhe-- I miss bowling!..gosh it so addictive!....
ReplyDeleteWow the pictures look good here--heheh-as if I didnt have them,,.hehehe