Day 7 (8/1) – Wind Farm, River Cruise with Houston Delegation

As our first official day in Shanghai, we spent the morning driving all the way to Donghai Bridge, which is the second longest bridge in the world (the longest being also rather close to said bridge). We weren’t going for the island it would lead to or the bridge itself, but rather for the wind farm [...]

August 1st-Shanghai

Today wasn’t that bad as I thought it would be. Meeting our tour guide at 1 in the morning was quite exciting. We woke the up the same morning, if you know what I mean. The elevator was pretty interesting. Traditionally I thought that floor 1 would mean, well, floor 1. Well here, floor 1 was [...]

August 1st in Shanghai

After landing in Shanghai from Beijing after midnight, we had a little rest and although still tired, we were ready to go in the morning. During our bus trip across the Donghai bridge and to the old part of Shanghai, wegot acquainted with our new tour guide. Beside the 30 kilometer bridge were the many huge [...]

8/1-Shanghai

Today was mainly spent on the bus; driving to, from and on the bridge took a long time. After lunch, everyone shopped in Old Shanghai. Lots of Haibao toy plushes were on sale throughout the place. In the evening everyone went on the ship tour of the Bund, but what surprised me the most were [...]

8/1 – Shanghai

With Mrs. Ping Sun Leebron of Rice and Mrs. Rogene Calvert of Asian Chamber of Commerce With Congressman Nick Lampson