The Pill That Cures

If you want to see a city that grows at the rate of more than 10% a year, you should come to Shanghai. The hustle and bustle of the city alone can tear you down. With the population already surpassing 25 millions, and keep swelling, the energy of the city is unbelievable.

There are activities at almost every corners of the city : old buildings are being knocked down, people are fast-moving and loud, bus and cars honk at every minute and never stop at pedestrian crossing, taxi drivers that don't drive but fly a car, etc.... the clock seems to tick faster in Shanghai.

Upon my arrival, the very first destination, was Shanghai Bund, which is also the first destination most tourists will head or should head to. It is in Shanghai Bund, where you can see the old and modern Shanghai all at once.


Laying beyond HuangPu river which basically divides the delta into Puxi (xi=west) and Pudong (dong=east), is the icon of modern China, the Pudong Skyline.


Pudong area was once a boggy farmland, which supplies Shanghai with farm and poultry products. Development of Pudong started roughly around 1990.


Glittering in the evening sun, is Jin Mao Tower (middle) which is the tallest building in China and the soon to be finished Shanghai World Financial Centre, which will take away the title from Jin Mao Tower. On top of Shanghai World Financial Center building is a circular opening, where a observation bridge will be built across it, making it the highest observation platform from a building in the world.


As Pudong is facing the east , the skyline glitters like diamond in the evening. Very beautiful.


I eagerly waited for night to fall in Shanghai.

Next post, Shanghai's night view.