Thursday, September 28, 2006
Symbols of Hong Kong
This one here is a good symbol of Hong Kong. I looked at this tower from my hotel room. There are a lot of quite ugly skyscrapers in Hong Kong (my hotel can be included).
A symbol of modern Hong Kong - the Bank of China tower. A tower in Pudong/Shanghai actually looks similar.
This one is next to the BOC tower - it is the ICBC tower (afaik).
A symbol of modern Hong Kong - the Bank of China tower. A tower in Pudong/Shanghai actually looks similar.
This one is next to the BOC tower - it is the ICBC tower (afaik).
Labels: China, Hong Kong, Vacation
Monday, September 25, 2006
Taxis in Yuxi
This is a taxi in Yuxi - most of the taxis there are quite old. The reason for this is also the taxi fares in this town. Flagfall is 5 RMB and rides within the town are only 5 RMB. The flagfall in Shanghai is 11 RMB, so that they can pay for better taxis. ;-)
A taxi in Kunming is 7 RMB plus 1 RMB fuel surcharge.
A taxi in Kunming is 7 RMB plus 1 RMB fuel surcharge.
Taxi in Macau
The only taxi picture that I took in Macau:
The funny part is, that most of them have big ads for casinos on their car. It looks funny when a taxi with a "Sands" ad is waiting in front of the Wynn.
The funny part is, that most of them have big ads for casinos on their car. It looks funny when a taxi with a "Sands" ad is waiting in front of the Wynn.
Labels: China, Macau, Vacation
Saturday, September 23, 2006
The Historic City of Macau
It looks different from all these big casinos and hotels - at least they seem to try to keep some historic things...
Labels: China, Macau, Vacation
The Wynn Macau
It just opened in the week before I got there. Disadvantage was that everything around this casino is under construction so you can't really walk there (but there is a free shuttle bus from the Jetfoil Terminal and the border).
Labels: China, Macau, Vacation
HK Disneyland - The Lion King Show
Nice (indoor!) and in English/Cantonese with Chinese subtitles (there are screens with the text).
Labels: China, Hong Kong, Vacation
Some Impressions from Hong Kong Disneyland
It is really small - you can walk from one end of the park to the other within less than 5 minutes. It's still quite nice and there are some good attractions, though when the weather is bad it's boring. Be aware that Hong Kong has a lot of rainy days...
Labels: China, Hong Kong, Vacation
Hong Kong Disneyland
Some pictures from my trip to the Hong Kong Disneyland:
Thank God there was a typhoon warning in the morning so the park was basically empty and most attractions were closed...
Thank God there was a typhoon warning in the morning so the park was basically empty and most attractions were closed...
Labels: China, Hong Kong, Vacation
Monday, September 18, 2006
Flying Back Home
I'm currently flying back to Germany and do some "in-the-air-blogging" (SAS offers Internet Access by Connexion during the flight - though it didn't work in the beginning). My time in Shanghai ended now and we will continue our life in Germany.
So officially this blog can't really have the name "Pictures from Shanghai" - though I will continue to post some pictures I took during the last two weeks (my vacation).
I will think about a new name for this blog.
So officially this blog can't really have the name "Pictures from Shanghai" - though I will continue to post some pictures I took during the last two weeks (my vacation).
I will think about a new name for this blog.
Friday, September 08, 2006
The Swedish Ship Goetheborg
Huangpu River Cruise
I took a nice 1 hour river cruise - quite interesting. You can still see a little bit of the old industry here. The ones on the pictures will be pulled down in weeks/months. A Hong Kong Company bought the area to build some new towers.
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
The Pudong Shangri-La
River views from the TV Tower
Nice and brown. :-)
This thing at the mouth of the Suzhou River is the People's Monument.
This thing at the mouth of the Suzhou River is the People's Monument.
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
Views from the TV Tower I
The view can be excellent without clouds and haze and smog. We actually had quite a few days without all that this year so this was the right time for a trip to Shanghai (if you can stand the heat and humidity here).
This is a view up the Huangpu River direction Yangtze:
This is the famous Bank of China Tower:
You may know this tower if you watched Mission Impossible III (did anyone?).
Here you can see a view into Puxi. You actually can see some small old houses in there. I'm sure they will be vanished in a few month's time.
This is a view up the Huangpu River direction Yangtze:
This is the famous Bank of China Tower:
You may know this tower if you watched Mission Impossible III (did anyone?).
Here you can see a view into Puxi. You actually can see some small old houses in there. I'm sure they will be vanished in a few month's time.
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower
I'm a real tourist now for some days here in Shanghai.
As a real tourist I had to seize the one (and only) nice day in this week to go up the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Pudong. You can go up to 263 meters if you pay 85 RMB. You can also pay more and get higher into the sky capsule (but that takes time). So this is the tower in it's whole "beauty":
This is one elevator inside the tower:
As a real tourist I had to seize the one (and only) nice day in this week to go up the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Pudong. You can go up to 263 meters if you pay 85 RMB. You can also pay more and get higher into the sky capsule (but that takes time). So this is the tower in it's whole "beauty":
This is one elevator inside the tower:
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
Some random art in Zhangjiang
The Zhangjiang Center features some random art cramped in a little yard.
I will leave China on the 18. of September and will go to Hong Kong and Macau next week. I want to see the new Wynn Casino there.
Else everything else is going well in some way and we just applied for the residence permission for my wife. Being married feels not very different Wil - it is not even one month now. :-)
I will leave China on the 18. of September and will go to Hong Kong and Macau next week. I want to see the new Wynn Casino there.
Else everything else is going well in some way and we just applied for the residence permission for my wife. Being married feels not very different Wil - it is not even one month now. :-)
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
Big Supermarket Opening
We had to move out of our nice apartment by the end of August so now we're staying at a friend's apartment.
This apartment is in "Koreatown", which basically means that everything is written in Chinese and Korean (bad for me) and most shops are owned by Koreans.
The supermarket next door opened just now and they had a big party. This basically meant that a guy was singing Karaoke for several hours in the early morning. He had support by a giant music system. Very nice...
This apartment is in "Koreatown", which basically means that everything is written in Chinese and Korean (bad for me) and most shops are owned by Koreans.
The supermarket next door opened just now and they had a big party. This basically meant that a guy was singing Karaoke for several hours in the early morning. He had support by a giant music system. Very nice...
Labels: China, Shanghai, Vacation
