上海 Shanghai Trip

We arrived 12:00 AM on the 1st of May. It was going to be a fun filled three day long weekend. We were staying at Abhilash’s cousin’s place in Pudong.

Friday morning we played a game of cricket with Rohit and Rhea (Abhilash’s nephew and niece) We then headed to the Pearl Tower after lunch. It’s the TV Tower. It was the tallest tower in China until recently. It has a rotating restaurant as well. It’s got two big spheres that are pearl shaped and are pink in color.

Oriental Pearl Tower

WFC

We then walked towards the World Financial Centre-the supertall skyscraper, the tallest building in China. We had to wait for quite some time before our turn came to buy tickets. Finally we went in, and took the elevator. You can feel the pressure difference when in the elevator. And we got to the 97th floor. It was a nice sunny day so we got a great view from the top. The building has 3 observatory levels. The 100th floor is a sky walk.

At night, we had a barbecue dinner at home. Grilled chicken and Kebabs!

Saturday morning we went to the Shanghai Animal Park. The Park is divided into two. One which you can cover by foot, the other, where one can take the tourist bus. The walk by foot area is huge. You can walk by kangaroos, giant pandas, all sorts of birds and the big baboon.
The bus takes you around all kind of wild animals- tiger, white tiger, lions, etc.. All these animals never cease to amaze us though we have been to the zoos a zillion times when we were kids.

Panda at the Shanghai Animal Park

Sunday after church, we had lunch at the Teppanyaki. A Japanese restaurant, where you are seated around an iron slab and the cook prepares you're food right in front of you.

Teppanyaki Lunch

After lunch we headed to the Ocean Aquarium Park. It has the longest tunnel and is Asia’s biggest underwater world. You can see all kind of fish-big, small, colorful ones, weird looking ones, sharks and albino turtles… :) When purchasing a ticket you also get a complimentary pearl which you can pick up at the souvenir store.
(They break open the oyster right in front of you.)

Turtles at the Shanghai Aquarium

We took the evening flight back to Beijing. The trip was so much fun….however old we grow there always is a child within all of us. And its fun to be that child once in a while.....