Shanghai is a solid anthill with thousand tangled streets, where the full chaos reigns. Shanghai impressed me very much. This is the largest city in China. Hundreds of skyscrapers, thousands of roads and 25 million people of the population.
Pudong Airport to the city center can be reached in 7 minutes at the highest possible public transport in the world - Maglev train. During the movement, it develops speed up to 430 km / h. Literally in a minute, the train accelerates to the aircraft speed. Feelings are also like a flight. 30 kilometers from the airport to the city flies in minutes. A regular train ticket costs $ 7.5. But for air passengers, travel is cheaper, you must present a ticket to your flight and you will make a $ 1.5 dollar discount. The only thing that is uncomfortable in the Maglev train, is that it does not reach the center of the city. Next you need to transfer on the subway. The metro is the most convenient and cheap way to move in Shanghai. The metro station is near all the main attractions of the city. If you go to the subway with a big bag or a backpack, you will definitely take off.
Nanjing Road is the main street of the city. This is 6 km of a continuous series of shops, restaurants, shopping centers and massage salons. Tourists move from the store to shops, sellers traded baubles, local Friki drive through the streets.
In Shanghai, inexpensive rates for housing. For example, to spend the night in the hostel, the bed-place will cost you in 50 yuan (about 7 dollars), and a separate number will vary from 180 yuan and higher. All Chinese hotels with guests take a deposit that after check out from the number - return.
But as for food, Shanghai is a paradise for a budget tourist. It is possible to eat cheap and tasty practically every step. Chinese cuisine is very specific. China does not eat bread, they do not even recognize fermented dairy products. In Chinese cuisine, all food is cut into small pieces. This is a centuries-old tradition. In the old days, people realized that small pieces were frying faster, and it saves scarce firewood.
With the onset of the darkness of Shanghai looks even more beautiful than the day. It is best to admire this beauty from the Tower "Eastern Pearl", which is on the other bank of the Huangpu River. The tunnel under the river is a popular Shanghai transport. Town Tunnel costs 7 dollars. A special glass cabin will drive you under the bottom of the river from one shore to another. As soon as you drive into the tunnel, you get to another dimension: light bulbs are blinking around, mysterious music plays, and a variety of abstraction is projected on the walls. Sometimes, it seems that moving around a body. Overview platforms are available in many skyscrapers nearby, but I decided to climb exactly this famous tower. The price of the ticket varies from the level of height, the higher, the price is more expensive.
Among the Shanghai skyscrapers, there is a area that looks like in the old style of the city. Specially for lovers of Chinese exotic, the Shanghai authorities came up with and set up pagodas with luminous lanterns, the bronze sculptures of the dragons under the ancient. But in fact, this is a modern shopping center that attracts a large number of tourists. The building looks very nice.
One of the most exotic things in Shanghai is Buddhist temples. The temple of the soul refuge is one of the old and influential monasteries of China. Before the temple, huge smoking rooms are supplied, in which human requests and plea burn. By bringing the sacrifice to the spirits, you can go to the temple. In the Buddhist temple, it is necessary to behave quietly and modestly, as in any holy place. In the temple there are 152 Buddha, silence and peace is felt. The temple of the soul refuge is a whole complex of temples, here you can walk for hours.
Definitely see the traditional vintage Shanghai will not work. For Chinese traditions, it is better to go to visit another nearby town of China.