Randy W Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Some pictures from our recent trip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Really great shots, Randy. Are the first few from West Lake area in Hangzhou? Li has a former classmate from college who lives in Hangzhou. Always enjoy visiting her as the city is one of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Really great shots, Randy. Are the first few from West Lake area in Hangzhou? Li has a former classmate from college who lives in Hangzhou. Always enjoy visiting her as the city is one of my favorites. Thanks. Yes, it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachey Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 You must have taken those photos of West lake pretty early, the two times I have been there, as usual, it was just mobbed with people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antryg Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafood10 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 the last pix is shanghai...i see the pearl tower in the background. which building are you in? the financial building or the jin mao tower? don't get my wrong...i love shanghai...really remind me of nyc. but as you can see the smog in the background, even if you go the top of the tallest building in china on a bright sunny day, you can't see really far. damn pollution. it is really a turn off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 the last pix is shanghai...i see the pearl tower in the background. which building are you in? the financial building or the jin mao tower? don't get my wrong...i love shanghai...really remind me of nyc. but as you can see the smog in the background, even if you go the top of the tallest building in china on a bright sunny day, you can't see really far. damn pollution. it is really a turn off. Jin Mao Tower - the 88th floor has an observation platform. We could see the area around the tower, including the river. It was still worth the trip. the interior view This bicycle was used to climb the 88 floors to the observation deck in under 40 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafood10 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 how much was the observation deck in jin mao tower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted November 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 how much was the observation deck in jin mao tower? Fairly steep - it was around ¥150, if I remember correctly. The river cruise was also pretty expensive - cost more and with no natural scenery than the Li River cruise in Guilin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanghaigale Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 The observation deck definitely brings back memories to me. I lived there from 1998 to July 2002. If I remember right, the expensive restaurant was on the 86th floor. Around the year 2000, I was ordered by a project manager for an electronic product that we were going to produce for Hewlett Packard to take the HP QC manager to dinner there. As I remember I spent well over 1000 RMB before it was over. The project manager said to spend as much as I needed to, so that he would enjoy himself. I also took my wife along. It was one of the best meals we ever had in China while I was living there for the 5 years I working there! We went up to the observation deck to. I just put it on the company charge card and was reembursed for the cost. One day maybe we will get back to China. I just don't know when.Gale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafood10 Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 how much was the observation deck in jin mao tower? Fairly steep - it was around ¥150, if I remember correctly. The river cruise was also pretty expensive - cost more and with no natural scenery than the Li River cruise in Guilin. i went to the financial building next door and it was free. just don't go to the observation deck. one level below is the hotel lounge area where they serve coffee and drinks. just buy a drinks and sit in area with the view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 how much was the observation deck in jin mao tower? Fairly steep - it was around ¥150, if I remember correctly. The river cruise was also pretty expensive - cost more and with no natural scenery than the Li River cruise in Guilin. i went to the financial building next door and it was free. just don't go to the observation deck. one level below is the hotel lounge area where they serve coffee and drinks. just buy a drinks and sit in area with the view. . . . except there wasn't much of a view. But thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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