{"id":34,"date":"2009-12-31T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iamdamian.co.uk\/?p=34"},"modified":"2011-11-02T13:17:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T13:17:33","slug":"a-short-visit-to-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.damianbrownphotography.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/12\/a-short-visit-to-shanghai\/","title":{"rendered":"A short visit to Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">A sprawling city working very hard to push into 2010 as an important part of modern China, <a title=\"Shanghai City Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelchinaguide.com\/cityguides\/shanghai.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Shanghai <\/a>certainly is a worthy stop on a trip to China and an exciting way for me to finish off 2009 both work related and as a tourist.  I was working for a private client but had plenty of time to myself. It was my first time to China and was a good introduction to China.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p>With Shanghai being as modern as any other city, it&#8217;s left me wanting to go out there again to see Beijing, Xian, the other Provinces, the Wall etc&#8230; what I would&#8217;ve classed as &#8220;real China&#8221;, the China I learned about growing up. The China that captivated my generation through the movies it produced, that motivated my dad when he was young to learn Chinese, martial arts and become a Kung Fu master (a title he doesn&#8217;t personally use though. His students call him Sifu Leung)&#8230; anyway, that&#8217;s the china I still have to see more of but for now.. Shanghai was a good experience. Plus while they have WuShu Master on regular tv&#8230; what do we get here in the UK? Total Wipeout.<\/p>\n<p>Yes it was busy, cold (but not as cold as home!), and I fell and fractured my hand but it was a place full of sights, interesting people, very cheap and very wholesome food and tea, tea, tea&#8230; love it. 12 hours on a plane and 8 hour time differences I could do without though!<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few cool shots, taken with a point and shoot (canon g10):<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-flash-gallery-holder p3-placeholder p3-gallery-imported aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ppt-doc.googlecode.com\/svn\/p3-flash-gal-placeholder.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.damianbrownphotography.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/prophoto4\/images\/slideshow_placeholder_base.jpg\" class=\"pp-slideshow-placeholder pp-gallery-placeholder slideshow-1000343938 mceItem\" \/><\/div>\n<p>There are a whole lot more on my facebook page so feel free to check that out at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/db247\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/db247<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">I had planned to do a 2009 wrap up post while I was out there but hadn&#8217;t figured on blogspot being a banned website over there so I haven&#8217;t been able to access my own blog, facebook, twitter etc while I was there! So I&#8217;ll do that very soon! It&#8217;s been a year of extremes&#8230; And I think it&#8217;d be good to put it into words, and images where possible&#8230; So, see you next year!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sprawling city working very hard to push into 2010 as an important part of modern China, Shanghai certainly is a worthy stop on a trip to China and an exciting way for me to finish off 2009 both work related and as a tourist. 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