"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Chinese philosopher Laozi

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

A Room With A View


On our recent travels to Shanghai, China, we visited the Shanghai World Financial Center Observatory. We made our way up to the 100th floor Sky Walk, the world's highest observatory. When we got off the elevator we stepped foot on to "the bridge across the sky".

The views were really quite amazing, despite the thick layer of pollution that covered the city. As you walked across the floor of the deck you could look down and see the city directly beneath you. This made me quite dizzy but moving over to the slanted windowed walls only made the room spin more.

The World Financial Center makes up an important piece of the Shanghai city skyline. Many people think the building resembles are giant bottle opener.



Data from: http://www.swfc-shanghai.com

Although the views (and air quality) were "breath taking" from the observatory, I preferred the Sky Arena on the 94th Floor. This floor housed the true room with a view.

2 comments:

  1. i wouldn't have believed it but i saw it with my own eyes....no curtains/no blinds.

    Check out all he gadgets on the left side of the seat. This toilet does everything anyone would want...and more. Its not at all like the American STandard back home

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  2. omg. just looking at that first pictures reminds me of macau. barf.

    ps. i would have so much fun with that toilet.

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