China - Shanghai

I got the opportunity to go to China for work, and spend 4-5 days each in Shanghai and Beijing. While most of the time was of course dedicated to work, I was able to see some of the sights during a weekend spent over there. Here are some of the highlights from Shanghai.

The Old City of Shanghai contains many old buildings with pagoda-style roofs. It is also a famous commerce area, where one can find shops selling everything from teas, to jade to counterfeit goods.

This gorgeous building is right next to the Yuyuan Garden in the Old City of Shanghai

Inside the City God Temple of Shanghai (or Chenghuang Miao), this beautiful altar with statues can be found.

An unidentified work of art in the city, right outside the Science and Technology museum

Nanjing Road at night:This shopping street gets extremely busy, as well as entertaining.

Nanjing Road dead-ends into the Bund, a pleasant walking area along the Huangpu River, from which I took this picture of the downtown area at night

While I tried to find some strange food in China, this is probably the oddest I came across: duck tongues. The taste was good, but having to eat around the cartilage was too much work for the little amount of actual meat on them.