Visiting the Bund

The first weekend in Shanghai was a working weekend. The following week had a couple of holidays for the Dragon Boat festival and so the client was working to compensate for that. At the end of the day on Sunday, my colleague took us to see The Bund. It was an amazing view of the Shanghai Skyline from the Bund. You can see the panaromic view on the wiki page. The lighted up buildings are really an amazing sight.

There were a lot of people visiting the Bund. It seemed as if there were Chinese tour groups too visiting. Most of the people had cameras and flashes were going off all around. Many had superb SLR camera with tripod too. It was totally understandable. This side of the Bund has all the older architectures. The Peace Hotel, which is supposed to host the foreign dignitaries and important personalities on state visit, is also on this side of The Bund.

The Bund is along the Huangpu River, on the other side of which we could see the Shanghai Pudong Skyline. It is on the other side of the Bund that you can see the tall and modern buildings. New buildings are supposed to be coming up ever so often.


I also had my first experience of the Shanghai Metro while going there. It was a great ride. Quite cheap public transport but maintained very well and clean. The layout map is on display at the subway station and there are listings also in English. So it is not difficult for us to follow the directions. Entering into the subway station there is a scanner and security check.

I have put up some more photos if you would like to see here. My Bund Photos.

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