2. China By: Rebecca De Leon Domika Moore

3. Annie is a girl I write to that lives in Shanghai. Annie is very nice and very smart. Here, she is pictured with a group of friends.

4. The Bund or Waitan, Shanghai’s most Famous and scenic downtown sight.

5. This is a picture of the Pearl Tower, the tallest tower in Asia and Shanghai’s Pride and joy.

6. Where is Shanghai in China? Shanghai is a very large port and is important to China’s trade. It is one of China’s biggest cities. It has very beautiful scenery

7. Getting around in Shanghai

8. Things you need to know about Shanghai China’s financial center. Very safe city; very little if any serious crime, streets are safe. Many festivals take place on the streets Visitors are appreciated and respected. LOTS of kareoke around the bars Extreme weather changes…watch out!

9. Nanjing Lu, the Times Square Of Shanghai

10. Style in Shanghai This is some of the architecture in Shanghai. They have very modern houses, but some houses are very traditional. The houses are very small. This is a really nice apartment complex.

11. China Today: Yao Ming Although Yao Ming is 7 feet, 5 inches tall, his draft in the NBA didn’t work out as planned. The problem was in the team he played for: The Shanghai Sharks. The Shanghai Sharks couldn’t afford to lose Yao, so they didn’t release him off the team. Yao was disapointed, but optimistic for future years.

12. Fashion China Fashion China is considered a festival in China. It is an annual “festival” that is strictly for professionals only. Top knotch people from around the world attend to see Chinese models in sports, leisure, buisness suits, and other spiffy clothing. It is from 9 am to 5:30 pm on September 15 every year. It takes place in the shanghai Conventional Centre. Afterwards, the models walk into the parking lot, where many spectators await to see them.

13. Biennale This is known as the Shanghai Spirit, a day that is set apart for people to celebrate what great unknown artists Shanghai has. Large art pictures and posters are posted in streets and put up for action and sale, with the artist’s permission. This mostly takes place in the Shanghai museum, but some pictures are sold in markets, too. This happens from November 6 th to December 16 th. This isn’t an annual thing, but happens every once in a while to get artists known.

14. Yunnan Lu Road Night Market Yunnan Lu Road Night Market is not for the queasy or the faint hearted. It specializes mainly in noodles but be prepared for all manner of other foods, the bizarre included. Stall holders provide snappy service and make something of a show as they juggle their pots and woks. It takes literally seconds for a noble grandma to prepare the noodles from scratch, string them out and serve them up. The noodles are by and large fat, flat and white. They are easy to identify. The unusual additions you can sometimes encounter include duck's tongue and deep fried scorpions amongst others and are not so easy to spot. The long and short of it being - make sure you have something of a grasp of Mandarin, or an adventurous palate. A common error is to ask for meifan instead of mifan. The former means trouble, the latter means rice.

15. Yunnan Lu Road Night Market

16. Yu Yuan (Ming Dynasty Garden) Yu Yuan means Jade Garden and is an ancient Ming Dynasty garden. It is very beautiful, adorned with statues of dragons, dogs, and elephants. The garden is large and attracts many tourists around the world.

17. The Yuan Garden is in the fore- Ground. The Oriental Pearl T.V. Tower is visible in the background.

18. This is a specialty in Shanghai; steamed dumplings and rolls. The Yuan Garden Restaurant is famous for its dumplings

19. Temple of Confucius in Jiading

21. That’s all for today! Hope you liked the “tour”!