Shanghai airport and breakfast

We arrived at the Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG). We met our friend Minghui and he brought us to a restaurant to have the first our chinese breakfast.
We ate some vegetables, dumplings and drink someRead more
Minghui house and chinese massage

Chill out at Minghui's home and we got a chinese massage. For me it was really strong!
Oh.. yes! We also played some table tennis!
Dinner

We went to a really good restaurant with Minghui's parents and friends. They welcomed us in a really nice way and we had so many good dishes there.
A rounded table with a lot of delicious food: fish,Read more
Nanjing road

We went to Nanjing Road, the famous shopping street and we had lunch there. We ate dumplings, rice and soups.
We also took a lot of rain. The tifon was near Shanghai.
We realized how crazy theRead more
Boxing Cat Brewery

Because of the rain storm we spent some hours in the Boxing Cat Brewery.
Beers were nothing special, i had better expectations. But nice place to chill.
Thai dinner

We had a great Thai dinner with our friend Minghui and his girlfriend Eva. We ate noodles, meat, vegetables, very spicy food in general.
The mango fruit at the end was so good! One of the best mangoRead more
Celia disco night

We went to Celia, an underground techno club. Nobody was there at 1.30 am. People started arriving at 3-3.30 am.
The party was cool. Meet some nice people there :)
We went back to the apartment at 7Read more
Bund

The view at the Bund is amazing. You can see from the photos online. But seeing it with our eyes was absolutely different. SO WOW!
From there we saw the beatiful modern skyscrapers of Lujiazui in theRead more
Shanghai Tower

The Shanghai Tower is the world's second-tallest building by height. We went up to the observation deck at 562m.
The night view of Shanghai with all the lights is really nice. From there we could seeRead more
Bund by night

We came back to the Bund to see it by night. The scenery is completely different and all the lights reflected in the river changed the atmosphere in something magical.
Suzhou

We travelled 30 minutes by train to get to Suzhou. The city's magnificent UNESCO World Heritage Sites include the stunning Grand Canal and dozens of classical gardens.
We visited:
- The HumbleRead more
City God Temple

We went to the City God temple, a folk temple located in the old city of Shanghai. Lot of chinese people were praying and lighting the incense.
Very spiritual place.
Longhua Temple

We visited the Longhua Temple, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the Maitreya Buddha which the largest, most authentic and complete ancient temple complex in the city of Shanghai.
Jade Buddha Temple

The last daily visit was the Jade Buddha Temple. As with many modern Chinese Buddhist temples, the current temple draws from both the Pure Land and Chan traditions of Mahayana Buddhism.
Floatasian Float Spa

We tried this unique experience: the floating tank. We did one session (1 hour) for 375 RMB. A Swedish guy explained us the benefits of this for the body and the mind.
At the beginning was strangeRead more
Hangzhou

We took almost one hour by train from Shanghai to go to Hangzhou. This city is famous for The city's West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
We wanted to go by bike around the lake but it wasn't aRead more
Xi'an

We travelled for 5 hours by fast train to go from Shanghai to Xi'an.
In the late afternoon we went to the city wall and we rode a bike for 14 km around the Fortifications. It was really cool and weRead more
Terracotta Warriors

We visited The Terracotta Army, a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor inRead more
Bell Tower and Drum Tower

We went inside the Bell Tower, built in 1384 during the early Ming Dynasty. It's a symbol of the city of Xi'an and one of the grandest of its kind in China.
After that we visited the Drum Tower,Read more
Friday Evening: dinner & disco

We had a great dinner with a grill in the middle of the table. We ate really good fish, meat, vegetables and mushrooms.
We had Kweichow Moutai. Maotai or Moutai is a brand of baijiu, a distilledRead more
Roujiamo and Cold Noodles

We had lunch with Xi'an meat burger (Roujiamo), the famous chinese hamburger, and some cold noodles (Liangpi) with some nice Ice Peak (the Xian orange soda).
We enjoyed it. It had a nice taste.
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda

We went inside the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda to see the view from the top. Around the pagoda there are a number of squares and gardens built to present the grandness of the pagoda and the culturalRead more
Xiao Long Xia

We ate Xiao Long Xia, the red little dragon shrimps. They were very very spicy and so tasty! Loved them!
Great Mosque of Xi'an

We visited the Great Mosque of Xi'an, an active place of worship within Xi'an Muslim Quarter and the largest mosque in China.
It has really nice courtyards and a big prayer hall. Quiet place and onlyRead more
Chinese Herb Market

We went by taxi a bit far from the center to see the Chinese medicine herb market. It's a traditional market where peasants and wholesalers sell bags and bags and boxes and boxes of interesting herbs,Read more