Shanghai (09 Apr 2004 to 12 Apr 2004)

I went to Shanghai with Frank and Sylvian.
In general, Shanghai citizens speak Mandarin. However, it seemed that they did not understand my Mandarin. They were hotel receptionists, policemen and  masseurs.

09 Apr 2004
-14:30 departure
-16:30 arrival
-waited at airport and arrived Marriott hotel at 19:20
-went to Bund (外灘) by taxi and took photos
-walked along Nanjing Donglu (南京東路)
-walked to Henanzhonglu Station (河南中路站) and travelled to Xuijiahui Station (徐家匯站)
-walked to Hendshanlu (衡山路) and then Tanqing Lu (天平路)
-had dinner in Jesse (吉士), a lot of Hong Kong people speaking Cantonese in the restaurant
-walked to Huaihai Xilu (淮海西路), Huaihai Zhonglu (淮海東路)
-had icecream and talked to foreigner
-back to Marriott hotel by taxi

10 Apr 2004
-took photos in Marriott hotel
-travelled to Shanghai Stadium (上海體育館) by taxi, had cheap (RMB0.8 燒賣) breakfast there and took photos
-12:30 took tourist bus in Tourist Transportation Centre (上海旅遊集散地) to Zhaozhang (周莊)
-took tons of photos in Zhaozhang (周莊)
-quite a lot of nuts shops and "pig hands" shops in Zhaozhang (周莊)
-had lunch in a restaurant in Zhaozhang (周莊)
-the restaurant was Shum's Dining Room Restaurant (沈廳酒家)
-17:30 took tourist bus back to Tourist Transportation Centre (上海旅遊集散地)
-travelled to Shanxinanlu Station (陝西南路站) by MTR
-walked to Fanyang Lu (分陽路) and had dinner in Ambrosia (仙炙軒) which served Japanese food and Korean food
-went to Jinmao Tower (金茂大廈) by taxi and took photos in Grand Hyatt hotel
-went to Xin Tian Di (新天地) by taxi and had massage in Green Massage till 02:00 am, but the masseur did not understand Ric's Mandarin, "suck fire can" (拔火罐), he thought that Ric wanted "dial and roll" (撥和滾)
-karaoke till 05:00am. The karaoke did not serve any drink or food. The karaoke staff served us in a small supermarket in the karaoke. We bought food and drink in that small supermarket.
-back to Marriott hotel by taxi

11 Apr 2004
-had a full full brunch and watched shows in Westin hotel from 12:00 to 15:00
-went to Shanghai Old City Temple (城隍廟) to buy souvenirs, took photos, went to Yuyuan Garden (豫園), queued 70 minutes for siu lung (小籠包) which costed 0.5 each
-back to Marriott hotel by taxi
-travelled toDragon Fly by taxi and had massage there because we were still very full
-walked to Jade Garden (蘇浙匯) and had dinner at 21:30, but we could not eat much as we were still very full. When we finished, all customers had left and the waiter gave us free dessert
-paced in the street
-travelled to Xin Tian Di (新天地) by taxi, took photos for our shadows
-back to Marriott hotel by taxi

12 Apr 2004
-checked out Marriott hotel
-walked to Xiaonanguo (小南國) though it was raining
-had lunch in Xiaonanguo (小南國), there was big sofa in the female toilet.
-Frank and I had bath and massage in Xiaonanguo (小南國)
-Sylvian had massage in Green Massage, not Xiaonanguo (小南國) because she wanted to try "cupping" (拔火罐)



 

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