Day 90 April 02, 2016 Docked in Shanghai China Overnights on the Oplulence of the Orient

Back in what some might consider its glamorous colonial days, Shanghai was called the Paris of the East.  Shanghai sits on the Huangpu River, a 80-km (50 mile) long tributary of the Changjiang

locally known as the Yangtze, and which provides Shanghai with the Ocean access..  As I am up at 6:00 am (Someone left our rooom at (5:17) to see us go up this muddy river.  Still a little foggy out but you can see either side of the river.  Once a muddy fishing village Shanghai today is undergoing
an impressive transformation that leaves one breathless.  Where once neighborhoods of small houses,
there are now high rises.  Where there were once handsome colonial-era buildings, there are now glitzy hotels. Indeed to visit Shanghai today is to visit a giant public-works project with
new highways, new ports, new bridges and new office towers. 

City view

near the port.  Shipping company

Living flower wall

We have lots of time here.  So we are going to take the subway out to a water village for our first day then hang around Shanghai the 2 and 3rd days.
Zhujiajiao Water Town is situated forty seven kilometers away from Shanghai. It is a typical and ancient water town in Qingpu District, south of the Yangtze River, which has almost 1,700 years of history. Zhujiajiao, also called “The Venice of Shanghai”, features lovely waterways, curved rock bridges, old streets cemented with stone, and over 10,000 buildings dating back to the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties (1644-1911).
Zhujiajiao is the best-preserved ancient water town among the four ancient towns in Shanghai. In the period of the Three Kingdoms, there were already country fairs in Zhujiajiao and the business prospered in the Ming Dynasty. Now Zhujiajiao is a graceful and quiet town, just waiting for us to come and visit.  I will post my pictures later.