This morning we hung around the hotel, researching and making plans for our short time in Shanghai. First on the list: a return trip to Yang’s Fry Dumplings, a tiny, blink-and-you-miss-it restaurant with dumplings so good they’d be… Read More
We’re back in China! Our trip is book-ended with the same cities as last year (Shanghai and Beijing), but we’ll visit three new destinations in between (Chengdu, Lijiang, and Huangshan). The map below shows our intended route: Our… Read More
Today we needed to leave for the airport by noon, so we got up early and headed east across the river to check out Pudong. The guidebook recommended the “Bund Sightseeing Tunnel”, a kitschy underwater ride that at… Read More
After a leisurely morning at the hotel, we decided to go to the zoo. Matt declared that he would not leave China without seeing a panda, and since we were bypassing the city of Chengdu and its Panda… Read More
Our first full day in Shanghai began mid-morning with a walk to a pair of dumpling restaurants that I found in my pre-trip research. First up was Jia Jia Tang Bao, where a dozen pork dumplings, ginger, a soda and… Read More
Hello from Shanghai! After flying from Chicago to New York, and then taking a 15-hour flight from Newark, we arrived in China — and this time we actually have visas. There were zero problems as we changed our money and acquainted ourselves… Read More
