Shanghai Part 3

The next day we went to The Bund and the Jing'An Temple.

The Bund is the waterfront area along the Huangpu River which winds through the middle of Shanghai. From the Bund you can see the newer part of the Shanghai. The Bund is where the banks and businesses set up business in the early 1900s. Most of the buildings are around 100 years old or so. It was nice, but it was super cold with the wind coming off the river.

 Pizza Hut, a Brazilian Grill, and two Chinese restaurants.

 Cables lines still used for trolleys and buses today.

 We thought the statue was Mao. It wasn't. But interesting anyway.

 Some of the building.

The obne with the clock tower is a bank.

 The newer side of the river. The large needle looking thing is the radio broadcast tower. The one that is to the right of center, with a gap and a bridge is the tallest building in mainland China.

 We were cold.

 Built in 1906.

 The Bund is now a place of banking and expensive stores.

Then we went to the Jing'an Temple

 The wood is all Myanmar Camphor wood. Expensive.

 A solid silver Buddha that weighs over 15 ton.

It was pretty cool.