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I stayed ten nights at the hilton in shanghai where the hotel was really nice and had good views from both the room and the roof top lounge. But the hotel was the most expensive place to eat! For a fraction of the cost of hotel food I could get full course meals for a group at local fine dining establishments. The shopping was really good along nanjing road and also in the xiang yang market. If you like to go to the roppongi of Shanghai you need to go to xin tian di. This is a new and really nice area of specialty shops and many clubs and bars! There were a couple places that I really enjoyed. A Japanese all you can eat and drink place where I spent about $40 U.S. for a group of 4! The other place was an interesting club that had a secret code to get in the door. Locals get the code by calling ahead. when you get to the door you have to touch lights in a certain sequence to open the automated door. Interesting concept and the place was at capacity with many waiting in the bar area for a place to sit. Taxis are plentiful and very cheap. They are also very honest...imagine that! Two or three euros will take you just about anywhere in Shanghai. Finally, I made a mistake once of staying near the financial district on the Pudong side of the river. The traffic through the tunnel was insane. It made it difficult to be anywhere on time. Lesson learned...keep your hotel on the Shanghai side unless you are doing business specifically in the financial market district of Pudong. Hilton, Ritz Carlton, Marriott and many more awesome hotels on the Shanghai side! Enjoy!

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5 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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