![]() ![]() I love fashion, but not the high-end stuff. This street seems to be one of China’s swankiest, as it is lined with high-end shops showing huge videos of models sashaying down runways, as well as with shops such as Old Navy, Forever 21 and Starbucks. I know that Shanghai, China’s most populous city of over 24 million people, is normally crowded, but add the holiday, and it’s insane. This is China on a typical national holiday. There are so many people, that the crowds can’t even fit on the sidewalks and are spilling over into the road, making it difficult for cars or buses to get through. I walk with hordes of people down the street toward the Bund. He’s a non-stop talker, and it’s obvious the Atlanta couple is quite annoyed by him, but I’m impressed not only by his English-speaking ability but also by his confidence, spunk and all the knowledge in that 12-year-old head of his.įriday, May 1: After leaving Jing’an Temple, I catch the number 2 metro line to the East Nanjing stop it empties out onto Nanjing Dong Lu, possibly the busiest street in all of Shanghai. He pushes his way to the railing between me and a couple from Atlanta, and he talks away about the heights of all the famous skyscrapers and the length of the Huangpu River compared to the Mississippi River, and all other kinds of factual knowledge that I’m not prone to store in my head. There are only a few Chinese on the upper deck, including a Chinese couple and their son, who I later come to know as Hubert, a very outgoing and talkative 12-year-old Chinese boy who speaks impeccable English. ![]() Meanwhile, on the top deck, I’m surrounded by tourists from all over the world. For them, it’s all about food and socializing. It’s always interesting me that on boat rides such as these, the Western tourists climb immediately to the top outdoor deck and stand at the railings for the views, while most of the Chinese people sit at the big banquet tables below deck, where they pull out snacks and drinks.
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