Highlights of our day included a tour of the Pearl TV Tower, the world's third largest tv tower. We were in Pudong, the financial megaopolis of Shanghai, which was only built since 1990. Skyscrapers are everywhere, but it was only a small village as of not even 20 years ago. Then off to another mall that had to be 8 floors -- the Super Brand Mall -- and still very crowded. We settled on Italian food for lunch, big mistake. When in Rome eat as the Romans, or in this case, we should stick with dumplings and real Chinese food. Then we went to Yu Garden Bazaar for some real Chinese shopping. This was a large "flea market" type of shopping area, with some great buys, and bargainning was a must. We had two of our friends from Shanghai Normal University with us who live here, so they helped us haggle with the salepeople. I had a blast! Got a pair of real pink pearls for $12. Tomorrow there's other deals to get, I feel it in my bones!
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Pearl TV Tower & Shopping
Highlights of our day included a tour of the Pearl TV Tower, the world's third largest tv tower. We were in Pudong, the financial megaopolis of Shanghai, which was only built since 1990. Skyscrapers are everywhere, but it was only a small village as of not even 20 years ago. Then off to another mall that had to be 8 floors -- the Super Brand Mall -- and still very crowded. We settled on Italian food for lunch, big mistake. When in Rome eat as the Romans, or in this case, we should stick with dumplings and real Chinese food. Then we went to Yu Garden Bazaar for some real Chinese shopping. This was a large "flea market" type of shopping area, with some great buys, and bargainning was a must. We had two of our friends from Shanghai Normal University with us who live here, so they helped us haggle with the salepeople. I had a blast! Got a pair of real pink pearls for $12. Tomorrow there's other deals to get, I feel it in my bones!
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