Having left London at 4pmGMT and then had a 9-hour flight I arrived at Shanghai International feeling just a little jaded, looking forward to a good sleep. It was now 10.30 on a hot, sunny humid August morning. On clearing customs we have been told to set our luggage on a van which would take it to our hotel. We boarded our air-conditioned coach and headed for the Pudong district. The buildings are an awesome sight, The Oriental Pearl television Tower (3rd largest in the world), The Jin Mao Tower (tallest building in China and 3rd largest in the world), not the image of China I had in my mind, this really is 21st Century China. On our way from the airport the construction in the ultra modern Magnetic Levitation Railway was rapidly advancing, this will be capable of transporting passengers into Shanghai at speeds of more than 200mph.
We received a warm welcome at a restaurant and on entering all our party have been impressed with he massive fish tanks, especially the golden carp. After getting revealed to our dining space everyone had their second shock in the day, the menu, nobody expected the carp for getting on it. The menus in our home chinese language restaurants have been nothing such as the true thing. During lunch the outline of events for the subsequent 14 days was set out,
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