Shanghai 瀟灑走一回: 介紹篇

上海 is a 國際大都市 and have a 18M populations. It is a 繁華城市。 Everywhere looks clean and nice. But it is 人山人海 everywhere and the people there always 爭先恐後﹗I went to Shanghai mainly to visit the 遠近馳名的 Shanghai Expo.


1. 上海怎樣去?
I took a straight flight by Singapore Airlines and the journey took about 5 hours. China Eastern airline also flies there but the timing is not as good.



2. How to get to Shanghai downtown from airport?
You can take a bus but I took the 磁懸浮 train from the airport. It is traveling very fast! The top speed hit 430km/h and reached the Longyang station in 7 mins. Then, from there you can take a cab to the downtown city for about 20 mins. 磁懸浮 costs RMB80 to and fro airport.


3. How is the weather in August?
It is a killer!! This time of the year is Summer season and it actually hits 40 degree when I was there! So I suggest you might want to go after October where weather is a bit cooler.

4. How to get around in Shanghai?
You can catch a cab or the subway. Though cab is affordable and fast, I prefer to travel by subway as it is fun but crowded at times. Cab is about RMB20 for a 15 mins ride. Subway is RMB3 for a few stations. All subway stations have a x-ray machine for security checks. Dunno if this is for Expo period only.