Surreal...Shanghai is unbelievable
Day 6 of the trip started out by meeting with Adidas China and NBA China. More valuable insight into their brands as well as doing business in China. After a flight from Beijing to Shanghai we arrived at our hotel in downtown Shanghai. I have traveled a fair amount in life and this is by far the most amazing city I have ever seen. It is so modern and has a combination of every kind of architecture you could imagine. It appears that they are in such a rush to keep building that everyone goes in their own direction on architecture.
I wish I could better describe how cool this city appears to be, but if you ever give remote consideration to visiting Asia, Shanghai appears to be a must see. Once my camera battery charges, I'll get some pictures up but I really think you have to be hear to get the idea. The size is more than twice the size of Manhattan, there are more lights than Las Vegas, and the 'People's Park' has the most scenic bar ever that seemed to be a melting pot of more cultures than you can find in Europe.
I'm not sure if the Beijing pollution issues exist here as well since it has been overcast/rainy since we landed, but the city seems somewhat clean. I have never heard so many people come up to me before saying "Lady Bar" and "Lady Sex". Traffic still follows the if I'm bigger, I'm coming through tactic but there aren't all the bikes and rickshaws to get in the way like in Beijing.
On the food front, lunch was once again a lot of new and different Chinese foods. Tasty yet again, however our palettes we're dying for something different so a few of us finally got Pizza Hut and then Haagen Dazs. Beers are cheap here but the ice cream was about $3 per scoop, ridiculous, especially in China.
Can't believe how much I'm learning about the world and I'm sure there's much more to come in the final few days....
I wish I could better describe how cool this city appears to be, but if you ever give remote consideration to visiting Asia, Shanghai appears to be a must see. Once my camera battery charges, I'll get some pictures up but I really think you have to be hear to get the idea. The size is more than twice the size of Manhattan, there are more lights than Las Vegas, and the 'People's Park' has the most scenic bar ever that seemed to be a melting pot of more cultures than you can find in Europe.
I'm not sure if the Beijing pollution issues exist here as well since it has been overcast/rainy since we landed, but the city seems somewhat clean. I have never heard so many people come up to me before saying "Lady Bar" and "Lady Sex". Traffic still follows the if I'm bigger, I'm coming through tactic but there aren't all the bikes and rickshaws to get in the way like in Beijing.
On the food front, lunch was once again a lot of new and different Chinese foods. Tasty yet again, however our palettes we're dying for something different so a few of us finally got Pizza Hut and then Haagen Dazs. Beers are cheap here but the ice cream was about $3 per scoop, ridiculous, especially in China.
Can't believe how much I'm learning about the world and I'm sure there's much more to come in the final few days....
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