Ced's China Trip - Shanghai


Shanghai Buick	Hey, it's a Star Trek...	Skyline	more skyline

The coolest MJ table	Another city scene	An old Soviet era building	Looking outside the taxi

When you think of Shanghai, you think of the old days where it was a metropolitan city...for foreigners. Where people mysteriously disappeared, hence the word, "Shanghaied." Anyways, Shanghai today retains some flavor of it's colonial past but now is a major financial powerhouse in Asia. Shanghai is the financial and business center of China. It's overtaken Hong Kong for that claim to fame. In any event, Above are snapshots around the city. As a bonus, you get a look at an automated Mah Jong table.


Black Chicken Soup	Your choice of BBQ	A variety of dishes	Choose your seafood	...or a turtle

Too many to choose	More stuff to eat	That is pidgeon	At a dim sum place	Another look at...

Our servers prepping	A display	Yes, I drank that	Juice dispensers	A sake display?

Shanghai is a one of those places where you think you know it but you don't. Especially the way the lifestyle has evolved. You can compare Shanghai to Los Angeles, fast paced, never ending, and always on the go. The pictures above are just samples of one of the things that make Shanghai go. The food! There are many types of restaurants from the many regions of China. One of my favorites are the Shanghai dumplings. But the other stuff was good as well. If you're familiar with American-style Chinese food, you'll notice both familiarity but at the same time, something you've never seen before.


Mr Shukla and my father	New friends!	Our hosts in Shanghai	A inside look...

Hostess	The first outtake...	The final picture!


	Above are some of the folks we've met during our travels. And of course a look at some of the furniture being made. If you have garden furniture or rottan furniture, well, I was at a factory where they make it. Finally, to finish Shanghai, I had to take some parting snapshots of some of the beautiful girls I had the chance to meet.