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newbie19
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Joined: Feb 18, 2006
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Apr 22, 2006 - 07:15 PM |
 
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what are the must do's in Shanghai? ...
... in nearby "daytrip" outings by car?
... the greater China scene?
... by Air (how do you find the discount fares?),
... by train (is this to be recommended?  |
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imafan2
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Joined: Aug 18, 2005
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Apr 23, 2006 - 07:38 PM |
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We were in a similar situation last month, although our family was visiting for a couple of weeks. Here's what we did -
Day 0 - Took the Maglev back to LongYang Lu from the airport [we live near Century Park, and the flight times were conducive for this]
Day 1 - Visited Renmin Square - did the museum - had Korean lunch at the restaurant on the top of Raffles mall - rest of the day - museum
Day 2 - Nanjing Lu - morning - had lunch at a great restaurant in Super Brand Mall - spent the afternoon haggling on XianYang market
Day 3 - Spent most of the day in Super Brand Mall - lunch in HongMei Lu [Delhi Durbar] - JingAn temple after lunch - then we took the 7:00pm train to Beijing
Looking back, the train itself was perhaps the most memorable experience in this trip. We were 6 of us and a little baby, we'd taken adjacent compartments - soft sleepers [Train # Z14/Z21], and had a whale of a time in the evening. The sleep was comfortable, the quaint little villages before Beijing in the morning were beautiful
Day 4-6 - We spent 3 days in Beijing [we did not do a package tour - rather we rented a Jin Bei, and hired a student guide who was studying history and it was well worth the time and money]
Day 7 - Back in Shanghai. We did the Wildlife Safari at Nanhui --- the safari was good, there was a seal water show [didn't understand the language, but the antics we hilarious, the walk around the park was awesome - we took pictures sitting on a tame lion/tiger]
Day 8 - We did a day tour of HangZhou --- this one was the best - incredible place - great walk around the lake - the food was ok [we prefer the spicier Sichuan/Hunan]
Day 9 - We went to ZhouZhuang - water town - this is a must see - we debated between here and Suzhou --- we're not disappointed [we'll do Suzhou this May]
Day 10 - YuYuan Garden and the shopping area surrounding it - great bargains ---- awesome shopping - fantastic food
Day 11 - Shanghai Science & Technology Museum - there's a lot that's been written on this topic - we thought it was good.
Day 12 - Some more shopping - NextAge Mall/Huai Hal Lu - some packing
Day 13 - Drive back to airport - my brother and his wife were back on their way to the US 
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