Tuesday, March 19th
Actually this is first day as we arrived here last night at 8:00pm. Once we entered the river it took 3 hours to finally arrive at our dock right in downtown Shanghai. It was beautiful arriving after dark as the lights in downtown buildings are spectacular! We had a nice window table in the Compass Rose restaurant on board with view of passing boats that were all lit up and the buildings on other side of the river. As I mentioned yesterday, we were to have fried soft shell crabs but they were fried in tempura batter so sent them back. Chef will try it again for us tonight. This time french fried with cornmeal coating. One of the entree choices for the night was osso bucco which is one of my favorites so we enjoyed that instead.
Lots of industry along river heading up to Shanghai
Going to drop off another river pilot
Lillia, from Ukraine, making my Manhattan up in Observation Lounge
View out our dining room table window
Oriental Pearl TV Tower with revolving restaurant in top ball.
Trademark of Shanghai is the Oriental Pearl TV Tower
Pool deck at night
View from our suite balcony at night
Our balcony view in morning
We had to be up early this morning as our tour was to meet at 8:00am. There were two buses going on our tour with 17 passengers in each one. Regent never packs the tour buses full. Traffic was bad on way up to the water town.
Tours buses arriving for morning tours
Luke & Alan, excursion managers, organizing the tours.
Our tour for today. This place is called "Venice of Asia"
We arrived at the water town after 1 1/2 hour drive. It was a nice day today with high temperature of 70 degrees. Our tour guide's name was Jenny (same name as one in Beijing). She led us through the tiny walkways. We had to be careful as motor bikes would be using the same paths. I gave a little girl some candies that our stewardess leaves every night on our pillows. The people there seemed very friendly and we only ran into one lady begging. Jenny told us that the Chinese call us "big nose" people as our noses are very big compared to theirs. Little souvenir shops and food stands lined the narrow walk ways. We spent a couple of hours here then rode a boat back out to where our bus was waiting.
We had planned on taking shuttle bus short distance to shopping area near pier after having some lunch but looking like rain so we are just staying aboard. Will go exercise after getting the blog done. Ship sails with the high tide tonight at 1:00am. Will try to catch the show tonight after dinner. Day at sea tomorrow.
Jenny, our guide
entrance to water town
Should have put Rebecca on top step
One of 36 bridges over the river here
YUMMY?????
Pigs feet on bottom left
She is wrapping pork and rice in lotus leaves then tying them
They are trimming some kind of vegetable
Restaurant along river
A woman was frying these small fish
We would ride in one of these boats
Our boatman
Actually this is first day as we arrived here last night at 8:00pm. Once we entered the river it took 3 hours to finally arrive at our dock right in downtown Shanghai. It was beautiful arriving after dark as the lights in downtown buildings are spectacular! We had a nice window table in the Compass Rose restaurant on board with view of passing boats that were all lit up and the buildings on other side of the river. As I mentioned yesterday, we were to have fried soft shell crabs but they were fried in tempura batter so sent them back. Chef will try it again for us tonight. This time french fried with cornmeal coating. One of the entree choices for the night was osso bucco which is one of my favorites so we enjoyed that instead.
We had to be up early this morning as our tour was to meet at 8:00am. There were two buses going on our tour with 17 passengers in each one. Regent never packs the tour buses full. Traffic was bad on way up to the water town.
We arrived at the water town after 1 1/2 hour drive. It was a nice day today with high temperature of 70 degrees. Our tour guide's name was Jenny (same name as one in Beijing). She led us through the tiny walkways. We had to be careful as motor bikes would be using the same paths. I gave a little girl some candies that our stewardess leaves every night on our pillows. The people there seemed very friendly and we only ran into one lady begging. Jenny told us that the Chinese call us "big nose" people as our noses are very big compared to theirs. Little souvenir shops and food stands lined the narrow walk ways. We spent a couple of hours here then rode a boat back out to where our bus was waiting.
We had planned on taking shuttle bus short distance to shopping area near pier after having some lunch but looking like rain so we are just staying aboard. Will go exercise after getting the blog done. Ship sails with the high tide tonight at 1:00am. Will try to catch the show tonight after dinner. Day at sea tomorrow.
Day time of tv building
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