Old Shanghai

A traditional neighborhood, with our hotel in the background

A view from the train into Shanghai

A glimpse of Shanghai from the bus. Their version of 7-11

A random street

Another juxtaposition: a market in a park with high-rises nearby

Tourist trap

A buddha statue at the temple

In the middle of a prayer service

Shelby at the Shanghai Museum

A very, very, very old tree

Marta and I walked down an alley and found a “real” neighborhood

Down a random alley

The Bund at night

On the river cruise

Off the side of the boat

The Bund

More of the Bund

Where the construction workers get lunch

Dumplings

Rows and rows and rows of typical housing

The Bund, from the TV Tower (very enhanced)

A paperboy at the Shanghai history museum

A model of the Bund

At the water town, a woman washes laundry

And another woman hangs her laundry to dry

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What this picture doesn’t depict is the terrible smell of the bathroom

Funny sign

This dog was trying to eat the paper on the ground.

I gave it a granola bar.

Don’t they look like beachfront condos? The white dots are ducks

Off the main highways, the roads are bad

Toll booths, lots of ‘em, pay for improvements

What seemed like a “typical” town

Back in Shanghai, one block from the hotel

She’s holding an eel, I think

Hungry?

The British bridge

Daytime on the Bund

The HSBC building

Amazing mural

And then they told me to stop taking pictures

View from the hotel window

Late-night cab ride