Showing posts with label the bund. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the bund. Show all posts

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Sunday on the Bund


We took a Sunday stroll to a very crowded "the Bund". (Note to Shanghai travelers: Shanghai is crowded; the Bund on Sunday is purgatory.) A few shots of us, the Huangpu river, and the Pearl Tower. This area was part of the British concession, so that many of the buildings have a very Western look.



The real highlight of the trip were the crowds and crowds of paparazzi (aka, Chinese tourists visiting Shanghai). We literally couldn't stop walking without forming a crowd of onlookers...poking and prodding little Scottie, his blonde hair and big American blue eyes.

In the last picture, only about 1/2 of the crowd is pictured; there were probably 30-40 people taking glamour photos of Scottie and his entourage/dad. This sort of thing happened at least 5 times during our stroll. Ahhh, the adoring public!