Overall

Shanghai is overall a pretty nice place. It is very convinient for eating, shopping, and recreational purposes, although getting to them is the hard part; the traffic is often quite awful, because the city is very crowded. However, getting the transportation is easy, there are thousands of taxis waiting to be of service, and if you're a bit more advernturous, you might even want to take the cheaper way: the bus. Although with some resturaunts you have to be careful, most of them hold exotic foods that many foreigners have never even heard of before. There are plently of places to interest you, Nanjing Road, The Oriental Pearl Tower, the Science Center, and of course the Shanghai Zoo and Aquarium. You might also want to take a visit downtown, or somewhere in the Bund. It doesn't really matter much where you stay, as long as it's some high class hotel like the JW Marriott and other similar hotels. You might want to pick out a hotel that's closest to the attractions that you want to see, so that you wont be stuck in traffic. Shopping is fun, although what you get may not be entirely genuine, and some places to go are Huaihai road, random places in downtown, and any shopping mall that you might come across. On the streets, you can find the flea markets, where you can buy high-class-looking stuff that, although it might not be authentic, is very cheap. Shanghai is a very interesting place with its own ups and downs just like any city. I would recoment going there, not only to see the wide-viewed attractions, but also take a look at the rural conditions there like the ancient buildings and houses that normal Shanghainese live in.

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5 June 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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