Peking Duck and a view

We ended the night at the Hyatt on the Bund.  We had a Peking duck served to us and we ate it the traditional way.  Below the chef is slicing the cooked skin off the duck. We ate these strips with a little sugar on top which was wonderful.  The meat is laid in a wrap with cucumbers and another vegetable and topped with a thick, dark sauce. 

The view from the roof top of the Hyatt was unbelievable! Please click on the image for the larger view.

Shanghai Bund

Last night I ventured out on my own to the beautiful Bund. The subway was very easy to navigate due to the World Expo held here last year. I changed trains once. The pictures show how crowded it was at 7PM, not sure if I would want to ride at rush hour.

The Bund is where the different countries established their trading posts or banks years ago. On one side is the restored historic district while the other side is the skyline of Shanghai.

To get to the Bund I walked down Nanjin rd East which was ten times worse than Times Square in the seventies and eighties. Bums pimps, scammers were bugging me non stop. I came to a major intersection which merged multiple pedestrian roads into one creating the largest sea of people that I have seen sine the Atl olympics. The scammers continued to be pests driving me back to Pudong lucky to have my belongings. I think China is a place where westerners will need to be with a local or travel in a group. The internet is full of stories of tourists being taken for hundreds or thousands of dollars.

Here are some pictures from the Bund. Unfortunately I did not feel safe crossing the river to get photos from the other side. Who would have thought I would play it safe.....

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