Shanghai - The savior of China!

I have been told by many people Shanghai is a great place. I was skeptical because it is in China lol. Shanghai will forever be my savior of China. If I would have left after Xian and Beijing I probably couldn't even talk about this country ever again. So what's different about Shanghai? The city is incredible for starters and the people are different because I think it is a place where many many professionals and businessmen work. Already in China I have met many people from Europe and one American who are working in Shanghai. Funny thing about Shanghai is Chinese say it is a western style city and westerners say it is definitely a Chinese city. Ironic.

Pics of this awesome city I dare say compares with New York City. It has that same feel. That feeling you are in an amazing city!

First shot out of the subway. Wait, is that blue sky real? No smog or pollution? This is a huge mall on the right.


Weird, I kind of like this place. Is this some kind of trick China is pulling on me...?


Views from atop my hostel, which was a really nice place to stay by the way.











Heading towards the river for a peak. I'm way close to the bund. That is the name of the area by the river.


Boom! Look at that!


Daaaaaaang!





seriously dude, did you just back into my picture right when I took it?


This is The Bund. Huge walkway down the river. Very cool place with a lot going on. I walked the entire area.





I then decided to catch the ferry across. All the scooters getting off the ferry.


Shots from the water. This is a magnificent city. Everything is huge!








The area on the other side is called the Pu Dong area. Interesting name lol.








Went into the nicest mall I have ever seen!! Gucci, Dolce, Tiffany's,... Had a movie theatre and movies cost $20 here, wow.


This ad is just silly though.



After the mall I went to the cheap mall and without thinking about it went and saw the movie Battleship. Cool movie. There were 8 of us in this huge English speaking theatre. It was so nice to be honest!


I got some amazing pictures from the roof of the luxury mall! I thought these were awesome shots. Especially this first one!

Coolest location for an apple store.








This is called the Oriental Pearl.











The growth in Shanghai surprised me.






From the top of the Oriental Pearl.

That is where I started in The Bund and where I am staying.














After a good nights sleep and much reading on the Utah Jazz playoff push I hit a cheap mall in search of great deals. The stores went on an on! Multiple levels too. I bought 6 ties, 3 dress shirts, two pair of shoes, a tie clip, a pair of slacks, a jacket, a tee shirt and cuff links all for about $250. The shoes were $120 of that. Clothes were dirt cheap!


My taxi driver is really protective I guess. He totally dropped me off in the wrong place too.