Interesting note - below are some pictures of bamboo scaffolding waiting to be erected. We noticed that most of the buildings being constructed (including the sky scrapers) were using bamboo scaffolding!
Not quite the Wall Street Bull:
Next stop was the 'Old City'.
Within the 'Old City' was a large garden.
Did I mention it was very hot and humid today? How hot you ask? Try a heat index of 106 degrees. Here I am catching a break from the head in a cave within the garden.
We went to a tea house and had various teas. Here's the Jasmine tea immediately after adding water.
And here's after a few minutes. Notice how the tea leaves have 'blossomed' a flower.
After a brief torrential downpour (in which I got completely soaked) we went to the Shanghai Financial Center. The Shanghai Financial Center is Asia's 2nd tallest building, and the world's tallest observation deck.
There were three floors that provided various views, including the famous sky walk at 474 meters above ground. Although it was cloudy, the views were still breathtaking.
If you look where I'm sitting, you can see I'm on a piece of glass (along with one of the sky scrapers in the background).
That's all for today folks! I have some videos I've taken of the past few days, I'll see I can find a way to get them up here soon.
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