While Shanghai is known for being the well polished, sophisticated, financial epicenter of China, I think my favorite attraction was the epically dated, technicolor, Bund Site Seeing Tunnel - a pedestrian only tunnel that allows you to go under the river in a glass people mover, from the Pudong (where our hotel was) to Chen Yi Square: "Modern high technologies are applied in the decoration of the interior walls of the tunnel, providing the passengers with pictures, patterns and views about yellow sea stars, pink flowers, strange geometric figures, which are full of dynamic power and full of enchantment." It felt like quintessential China in a city that is very westernized. Needless to say, Day 2 started out like Day 1, with a little trip through the Site Seeing Tunnel, always pleasant, and then to M50 Artist District. To make a long story short, the rest of our day turned into a transportation nightmare, language barrier + taxi's + china traffic = hours of going the wrong way. We did however make it to the artist district which was very cool, a nice introduction to the Chinese contemporary art scene. After that we went spent some more time going the wrong direction in cabs & finally rendezvoused with our local friends to hit up the underground fake purse scene, which was quite exciting since there was a raid in the neighboring shop and we were locked down in the purse dungeon for quite some time. Eventually we made it to the Huangpua River Tour which was a delight on the overcast, rainy night - all sarcasm aside, after a long day on going nowhere it felt like a bit of the same (85 of the 90 minutes we were sitting on a boat looking at the dark banks of shanghai as most of the Chinese tourists were engaged in conversation never looking out of the window), when ALAS we made it to the Mecca of lights and Shanghai beauty, see pictures below.
View from our hotel room on the 70th floor of the Grand Hyatt Shanghai, "one of the highest hotels in the world". Across the street the highest building in the world was under construction.
M50 Artist District.
Lai Yu Cheng, Riotous Zebra - Planet Wonderland
In front of H Space
Landscape - 9210 - Plane - 92.
Loft Gallery.
Shanghai Art.
The Cool Docks.
The WATERHOUSE Hotel.
Mercedes Benz Arena.
The old side of the Bund River.
The new technicolor side of the Bund River.
Yay!
While Shanghai is known for being the well polished, sophisticated, financial epicenter of China, I think my favorite attraction was the epically dated, technicolor, Bund Site Seeing Tunnel - a pedestrian only tunnel that allows you to go under the river in a glass people mover, from the Pudong (where our hotel was) to Chen Yi Square: "Modern high technologies are applied in the decoration of the interior walls of the tunnel, providing the passengers with pictures, patterns and views about yellow sea stars, pink flowers, strange geometric figures, which are full of dynamic power and full of enchantment." It felt like quintessential China in a city that is very westernized. Needless to say, Day 2 started out like Day 1, with a little trip through the Site Seeing Tunnel, always pleasant, and then to M50 Artist District. To make a long story short, the rest of our day turned into a transportation nightmare, language barrier + taxi's + china traffic = hours of going the wrong way. We did however make it to the artist district which was very cool, a nice introduction to the Chinese contemporary art scene. After that we went spent some more time going the wrong direction in cabs & finally rendezvoused with our local friends to hit up the underground fake purse scene, which was quite exciting since there was a raid in the neighboring shop and we were locked down in the purse dungeon for quite some time. Eventually we made it to the Huangpua River Tour which was a delight on the overcast, rainy night - all sarcasm aside, after a long day on going nowhere it felt like a bit of the same (85 of the 90 minutes we were sitting on a boat looking at the dark banks of shanghai as most of the Chinese tourists were engaged in conversation never looking out of the window), when ALAS we made it to the Mecca of lights and Shanghai beauty, see pictures below. 
View from our hotel room on the 70th floor of the Grand Hyatt Shanghai, "one of the highest hotels in the world". Across the street the highest building in the world was under construction. 
M50 Artist District. 
In front of H Space
Mercedes Benz Arena.
Yay!
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