Shanghai (by train)

Shanghai, a city of 23 million, is on the cusp of becoming the premier global city.

I traveled there from Hong Kong by train as a way to see more of the Chinese landscape and maybe have a bit more adventure.

My sleeper -- 4 to a compartment.





The landscape



Shanghai Train Station



The Peace Hotel in Shanghai -- stayed here 27 years ago with my father. It is a different country today.



Magnificent lobby of Peace Hotel.



The Bund that runs along the west bank of the Huangpu River



The Bund by night



Pudong -- the newly developed area on the east bank of the river. Nothing there but farmland when I visited Shanghai in 1984.



Pudong by night.



China flag flying over the Bund.



A model of the city including present and future construction and infrastructure at the Urban Planning Museum.



The popular XinTianDi district in the French Concession area -- plenty of cafes, restaurants, and stores catering to tourists.





In an old reconstructed shikumen building in XinTianDi.




Tianzifang -- a massive complex of shikumen buildings now home to bars, cafes, craft shops, studios, galleries, and boutiques. It is also an artist community. One of the true highlights of Shanghai.










The floating teahouse in the Old City.