It was a fun, informative, but exhausting day. After a hardy breakfast in the ballroom of our Hotel my roommate and I ventured outside to get some video of the the Shanghai traffic. You can see a great mixture of cars, scooters (both gas and electric), busses, and bicycles. For as many bikes as you see know this, there used to be much more. It is estimated that around eight thousand new cars a day are put on the street in China. They are/will be our biggest competion for fuel resources, particularly oil. Also keep in mind this video is from a side street and not a main one.
We started the days tour at the Shanghai Urban PlanningExhibition Center. We saw current scale models of Shanghai as well plans fo the next few years. Shanghai is hosting the World's Expo in 2010. The city is going through somewhat similar upgrades and improvements as Beijing went through for the Olympics. I took a very cool video of a digital film that takes one around Shanghai.
LINK TO YOUTUBE VIDEO I TOOK OF SHANGHAI
After the tour and video our group walked through one of the main city gardens to the Shanghai museum. It was great. I took a lot of pictures. The way it works is that if you see a slide then the picture that follows it what the slide just described.
We then went for a visit to a Buddhist Temple. There were a great deal people prayer to the Buddha to end their cycle of re-birth and achieve Nirvana. (Link to more info on Buddhism).
After lunch we went to the Yuyuan Gardens for a tour of the area. Remarkabley this visit is the only repeat from my study in China this past summer .
We then attended a perfomance of Chinese Acrobats, it was kind of a "China version of Riverdance". The stunts they perfromed were amazing and then they would have full scale dance numbers. Oddly very entertaining.
Tommorrowwe are heading towards a river town about two hours outside of Shanghai and then we fly to Beijing. In Beijing we are having a series of school meetings with Chinese teahcers and visiting their schools and classrooms.
Take a look at the pictures, by clicking on the link below. If you look through there is a chance to get extra credit and a free Chick Fil-A lunch if you answer the question that goes with one of the photo.
Remember if you have questions just write your grade, first name, and last name intitial and I will try to answer it.
Mr. Steph out!!!!
5 comments:
Hey Mr. Stephany!
This is so cool! AN awsome experience!
This is amazing like you dont even know!!
See you soon and i would like to learn more about kids our age there now. What they are like and what they do. Make sure to post lots of videos! HAVE FUN!
Clarisa 8th
hey mr. stephany! I have a question!! what is the cost of a water bottle in china? thanks!
-maggie m.
8th grade
Hey Mr. Stephany,
The girls are enjoyng reading your blog. They all want to know know when we can chat again. They think is really cool.
Whitney
We haven’t seen any pictures of you eating the Chinese delicacies. I would also like a video of you riding one of those bicycles on the streets.
Nadeem
Hey Mr. Steph!!
Wow! 8,000 new cars put on the street everyday. Wow talk about high oil prices! What are they there?
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