Shanghai Huangou River Cruise

We just returned from a trip on the Huangou River. Shanghai is lit up like a Las Vegas night. The colors, movement and diversity are spectacular. We spent the evening with Peter and his wife, a freight forwarder for exporting goods from China, while floating along the Bund. The Bund is a section of town along the river where our hotel is located: the Weston Bund. It is the tallest building in the picture at right with the golden crown. Below (hopefully) is an attached video that shows one half of the river, the other side is lit up as well. We are continually amazed at the energy of this city: alive with a buzz that I can only imagine as Gold Rush San Francisco. My beautiful Ellen on one arm floating by one of the oldest civilizations in the world while I sip an ice cold Tsingtao beer.

Factoid: Tsingtao was first brewed in China in 1903, founded by German solders. Did you know that those safety conscious Germans are responsible for 470 Chinese injuries a year: due to exploding beer bottles, by all counts, schnitzels are safer.

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