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Occult
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June 24, 2004 - 12:10 AM |
 
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Cheap is relative, but for an english teacher with only public transport?
Cheap day trips for a Saturday or Sunday? Ideas?
People - lets make a list here 
Thanx. |
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LeiFeng
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June 24, 2004 - 12:21 AM |
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There are a lot of one day trips leaving from Shanghai Stadium and Hongkou Stadium to towns of interest around Shanghai... might take a look there, as most of the common destinations are covered. Don't expect anything too exciting, though... |
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JD
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June 24, 2004 - 08:35 AM |
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Buy a bicycle (lows I've seen are 82 rmb + registration 11 Rmb :p ) and ride around shanghai for fun and excitement. I used to do that when I move here some 2 years ago, still do every now and then. Makes good for your local road knowledge too. |
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okido
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June 24, 2004 - 09:51 AM |
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I do what JD was and is doing all the time. Downtown Shanghai itself is big enough for me to wonder and explore during weenends. Have you ever visited Yang Pu district, Hong Kou district? Have you ever visited Min Hang and Xin Zhuong? Of course, Suzhou, Hangzhou do worth visiting but if you don't want to go far just staying inside the city you will have lots of places to visit and kill a day. |
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JD
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June 24, 2004 - 10:51 AM |
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Right. Downtown is big enough to explore and changes (renews) so fast that you will always find new things on the weekly routes.
Just learn to master the bike better than an average local suicide-rider (have to say that some are really lucky). Been to a couple of crashes resulting wrinkled Raleigh-copies under my front wheel (and 110 kg on the saddle). Won the street court trial upon voting by the crowd-jury, though. |
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xixi
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June 24, 2004 - 11:28 AM |
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Ageed that. U can always buy a relatively good mountain bike. Riding in downtown area is not highly suggested because of pollution and heavy traffic. However, u can ride to the surburb at the weekend. For example, you can go to She Shan(a low hill with a church on the top) in song jiang district by bicycle. It only takes 2-3 hrs to get there and the air is relatively clean and u can see a lot of greenery. Or u can go to Ding Shan Hu( a big lake) in Qing Pu district by bicycle. I think going there with your friends is better.
The train here is very cheap. The train to suzhou is like 10yuan something and it leaves every half an hour. You can take train to Su zhou, Wu Xi, Hangzhou...one day trip is no problem. |
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okido
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June 24, 2004 - 11:33 AM |
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JD - sound like you have explored some. Let's exchange informations. I go first.
There is a beautiful garden called Gui Lin Gong Yuan at the south west of center Shanghai (between inner and outer rings in Cai He Jing development zone) worths a trip if you desire a quiet place to sit, read, enjoy chinese tea and maybe pick up some Taiqi moves from people who are practicing taiqi there.
This garden belonged to a wealthy businessman (from drug hiking and gun running ) and entertained Chiang Kai Shek before PRC era. It's like a rougher version Suzhou garderns but since the trees are old, chinese traditional buildring is turned into a comfortable teahouse and the walls are tall, it's a rare quiet and peaceful place in downtown Shanghai. |
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comradeA
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June 24, 2004 - 11:46 AM |
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Scenic old water towns are about 2 hours away from central Shanghai. Local family inns (BnBs) can be as low as 70 a night plus a little extra money for food. The inns have rooms w/ private toilet+showers, tv and air-con that are basically clean... Food in those towns are cheaper than the city (no McDonald's or KFC though)... for 2 days 80 is plenty... Transportation would be 1 hour train to SuZhou and then 1-1.5 hour minibus to destination... round trip no more than 60. So you can add that up...
You can indeed take day trips at the stadium like LeiFeng said above, which I don't recommend if you have the time. For reasons allow me pull out what I typed before:
"... because you get off the tour bus with a zillion of fellow tourists at 1030... and leave with them at 1600... so the whole time you are there you never see the town with its original people living their unique lifestyle... but you see camera-clicking and cellphone-ringing guys in suits... who squat...
Believe me, if you ever go... take in the dawns and dusks... otherwise don't bother...
Sunday morning I will get up at around 0500 to take pictures or sketch... The most beautiful time of the water town's daily life..."
Even if you don't sketch / paint / phtograph, just strolling or sipping tea by the canals can be a real refreshment from the city life.
I try to go to a different one every weekend... going on Saturday and coming back Sunday evening. If you want to join, let me know. |
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