SHANGHAI   上海老城厢; pinyin

The 4 day 3 nights adventure was one of the great journey’s of both of our lives.

As we arrived in the airport in Shanghai we took the Maglev train from the airport to the Pudong Station.  This sensational train is powered by magnetic levitation. We went onboard   the world’s sole commercially-operated high speed maglev train, built by Siemens.   it travels routinely at 200 mph (360 km/h)and occasionally at 260 mph (460 km/h) fast and stable amazing 8 min to get in town, a trip that would have taken us 1 ½ by bus.

Shanghai, which literally means the "City on the Sea," lies on the Yangzi River delta at the point where China's main waterway completes its 5,500-km (3,400-mi) journey to the Pacific.

Until 1842 Shanghai's location made it merely a small fishing village. After the first Opium War, however, the British named Shanghai a treaty port, opening the city to foreign involvement.

In its heyday, Shanghai was the place to be -- it had the best art, the greatest architecture, and the strongest business in Asia. With dance halls, brothels, glitzy restaurants, international clubs, and even a foreign-run racetrack, Shanghai was a city that catered to every whim of the rich. 

After a visit of the city and pearl shop and Anci couldn't resist bying earrings.

The architecture of high rise is simply amazing and the night sights are electrifying.

We did go up to the tallest skyscraper in Shanghai is the Shanghai World Financial Center, which is 492 m (1,614 ft) tall with 101 floors. It is currently the tallest building in the People's Republic of China and the third-tallest in the world

we rejoined the ship with a warm welcome banner and our buttler waiting for Jost.  

Also a nicely prepared and decorated room and fiinally sailed for Okinawa the next morning.