6-days winter solo backpacking in Mainland China
january 26 - february 01, 2013
saturday to friday
Shanghai Pudong International Airport at night
Shanghai subway has direct connection to airport which begins to operate at 0600H. My 1st objective for this morning is to book 1st my train ticket bound to Huangshan tonight before doing the city day tour. I went to shanghai railway station with fare at 7 cny ($1) only at line 4 with train interchange from line 2 at guanglan road station and century avenue station. Travel from airport to shanghai railway station took almost 90 minutes, imagine how long will it took if I traveled using a bus/taxi and the fare it consumed.
After purchasing the train ticket with departure time at 2124H on this day and having a breakfast inside the train terminal, I started to Shanghai city day tour in the following format; please take note that everything below was decided in spontaneous manner due to dependency in train departure time.
yuyuan gardens
yuyuan gardens
SHANGHAI DAY-TOUR ITINERARY:
0900H ETD shanghai railway bound to yuyuan station
yuyuan tour and food trip
1100H ETD yuyuan bound to Shanghai Science & Tech Museum station
Shanghai S&T Museum tour
1400H ETD Shanghai S&T Museum bound to Shanghai city center via lujiazu station
Lunch at Mcdo in IFC mall
Shanghai World Financial Center Observatory
Walk to almost a kilometer to The Bund sightseeing tunnel
(supposedly huangpu river cruising but unfortunately it will start @ 1900H)
Shanghai skycrapers and The Bund nightscape shots
1930H ETD The bund bound to shanghai railway station
dinner at KFC
2124H ETD Shanghai train station (on-time departure)
yuyuan gardens
yuyuan gardens
yuyuan gardens
Yu Garden or Yuyuan Garden (Garden of Happiness or Garden of Peace) is an extensive Chinese garden located beside the City God Temple in the northeast of the Old City of Shanghai, China. It abuts the Yuyuan Tourist Mart and is accessible from the Shanghai Metro's Line 10 Yuyuan Garden Station. Today, Yu Garden is divided into six general areas laid out in the Suzhou style: Sansui Hall, Wanhua Chamber, Dianchun Hall, Huijing Hall, Yuhua Hall and Inner Garden.
How to go to yuyuan garden;
just take metro subway bound to yuyuan garden station which is almost 800 meters away to the park. Entrance fee cost 30 cny with opening hours from 0700H-1800H.
Shanghai Science & Technology Museum
Shanghai Science & Technology Museum
Shanghai Science & Technology Museum
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is one of China's most visited modern museums with 13 main permanent exhibitions and 4 science theatres. The theaters constitute the largest science education cinema in Asia with 10,000 annual films shown. The exhibitions are: Spectrum of Life, Light of Exploration, Home on Earth, World of Robots, Human and Health, Earth Exploration, Light of Wisdom, Space Navigation, Information Era, Cradle of Design, Children's Rainbow Land, Animal Hall and Spiders Exhibition.
How to go to Shanghai S&T Museum;
just take metro subway bound to shanghai S&T museum station which is almost 400 meters away to the building. Entrance fee cost 60 cny with opening hours from 0900H-1700H.
Shanghai Science & Technology Museum
Shanghai Science & Technology Museum
Shanghai Science & Technology Museum
Shanghai City day tour (SWFC & The Bund at night)
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