Sunday's Shanghai. We decided to take a look at the Shanghai Science and Technological museum. So we took a metro line and crossed the 黄浦江 to the other side... 浦东.
Shots of the museum interior and exterior. It certainly gives off the techno vibes. However we did not make it inside eventually due to a couple of reasons. The price was too steep and the content of the exhibitions were none too appealing.
A random pillar stuck to the walls of a colonial styled Shanghai Art Museum. It looked like part of a chinese building, taken out and transplanted. I wonder why...
Next stop was the Shanghai Art Museum. Its certainly less expensive. We tried getting discount tickets using our student pass. However there was a distinction between our status and that of the local students. The service staff were very sharp in pointing that out. :( In the end we had to settle for the normal priced adult tickets. Not too bad... it was only 20rmb.
Entrance to the museum
The interior was very spacious.
stairs leading to the upper floors
The surroundings of the art museum.
And then we tried looking for this indie design place which Yanjie read about on the net. So here's parts of the places we went through before reaching the destination.
A peek into the residential estates of people living in Shanghai
A primary school
Shophouses
What does this building remind you of?
We finally reached the destination of the indie design place... Its at 永康路
Kind of like this signboard.
A very old styled kind of district in which the indie shop things are. It certainly has the arty vibes going on.
Its a maze in there. However there were more cafes and bars than design stuff though. So it was quite disappointing as I was hoping to see what kind of indie design stuff there was on offer..
上海南站。 the place where we go back to hangzhou
Strawberry farm, and us. The farm was at 建德市，which is the place where they produce strawberries.
Strawberries that are just forming
Strawberry flower
Weird shaped strawberries? We saw lots of different shapes of strawberries. The variety that we tasted supposedly had a buttery taste to it (奶油香味）. However it was lost on me. It just tasted sweet and juicy... no hint of butter anywhere.
fields of flowers. Its blooming everywhere now. I think the name is called 油菜花。
Rice fields?
梅镇 kind of a 古镇 i think. however its not really a tourist kind of place.
within the residential area
view of the opposite bank of the river. The pagoda looked like it had trees growing out of the top of the tower.
yay! the lavender grew out seedlings. plus 2 soy beans. have to make use of every opportunity to capture the sunlight now.
Today we went on a visit to a umbrella producing factory in the city. That's the parts for the telescopic handle of the collapsible umbrella.
蛋饼 a mixture of egg and some sort of a very thin layer of pancake. Filling consists of 咸菜，some 葱, and a few choices of meat, lotus roots, sausage... plus either sweet, savory or spicy sauce. All mixed together and rolled up.
This long queue sparked my curiosity to what is being sold... Cos the people are queuing in orderly fashion. I assumed the food should be very good, and decided to try some.
Food being prepared in front of everyone.
小杨生煎 very juicy and meaty. Its nice with the black vinegar
Shots of the museum interior and exterior. It certainly gives off the techno vibes. However we did not make it inside eventually due to a couple of reasons. The price was too steep and the content of the exhibitions were none too appealing.
A random pillar stuck to the walls of a colonial styled Shanghai Art Museum. It looked like part of a chinese building, taken out and transplanted. I wonder why...
Entrance to the museum
The interior was very spacious.
stairs leading to the upper floors
The surroundings of the art museum.
And then we tried looking for this indie design place which Yanjie read about on the net. So here's parts of the places we went through before reaching the destination.
A peek into the residential estates of people living in Shanghai
A primary school
Shophouses
What does this building remind you of?
We finally reached the destination of the indie design place... Its at 永康路
Kind of like this signboard.
A very old styled kind of district in which the indie shop things are. It certainly has the arty vibes going on.
Its a maze in there. However there were more cafes and bars than design stuff though. So it was quite disappointing as I was hoping to see what kind of indie design stuff there was on offer..
上海南站。 the place where we go back to hangzhou
Since it was close to evening, we decided to hang around the Bund area to catch the night scene of Shanghai as it was heavily recommended by almost everyone...
A shop selling fish..
vegetables laid out on the street
hawkers preparing food
浦东 at night
colourful ships/ferries lighted at night
Touristy shot of myself against the Shanghai skyline
Colonial era building at night
Thought the lines of light on the ship is quite a nice effect
Contrast against the bund in the day
More random shots of the Shanghai night scene
皇城庙，the surroundings.. as the temple was closed by the time we ambled there...
sights around the temple
南京步行街 at night. We adjourned to a KTV in the area and sang the night away...