Walking Shanghai 1

June 19, 2019 Frederick Hunrath Cities, Shanghai

The Autho on the Silk Road
Somewhere in the Taklamakan Desert

Now for our next adventure

Arriving Shanghai

**at Hongqiao airport**
**say Hong chow**

I remember reading somewhere.. years ago.. there are three major companies who design all the large airportsaround the world.. . one does food services etc…which explains why they all look more or less the same..

**The place is absolutely huge.. goes and goes and goes**

**Take the Number 10 subway.. about 45 minutes into center of town**

**get out at Xintiandi… say: shin de andy**
**first modern mall in Shanghai… I was here about 12 years ago when it was new..** **was amazing then.. today shopping centers all over China look as modern..** **even if the outside buildings look ‘old’… inside amazes usually..**

**for.. 5 to 8 years or so there was a Saturday Coffee Group that would meet down there..** **locals and foreigners.. I was a regular between trips to Laos, Dunhuang, Wuhan and Egypt** **good people.. good memories..**

**There is the Hop On Hop Off tour buss going by..**

A short taxi ride to my favorite little hotel since about 2007..
**takes under a major freeway.. clever** **engineers have raised all the freeways around the huge Shanghai city… above the city**
**so that underneath you can have shops and parks and…**
**if these were on the ground like in LA… the place would be very different..**

**Even a major interchange is lifted up…**

**back home.. my street…**
**staff were all happy to see me.. like family for many many years**
**the manager specially came to my room to welcome me back…**
**nice feeling…**

**inevitably there is more to come**

**see you next time…**

**don’t miss it if you can…**

Frederick Hunrath

The Autho on the Silk Road
Somewhere in the Taklamakan Desert

Shanghai

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