This should be a prequel to the previous post about The Bund, as Nanjing Road, from west to east, actually leads towards The Bund. Yes, I walked along Jiujiang Road from Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel to The Bund, but running parallel with that road is Nanjing Road, which is said to be the world's longest shopping district and one of its busiest shopping streets, as per Nanjing Road's Wikipedia entry.
Since it's fairly close to our hotel, I was able to check-out more shops than I really thought I could. I also thought that I would find shopping in Shanghai cheaper since most of the products are made there in China, but I was really disappointed about that. For comparison's sake, my souvenir shirt from Nike Singapore cost 39 SGD, while the one I bought in Nike Shanghai cost 199 CNY. The exchange rate when I was in Singapore may be different, but I think the idea is that the prices do not have much difference.
Anyway, here are some of my pictures of Nanjing Road. In the middle of the second picture is our hotel. There were back and forth "trains" for tourists, though I forgot how much it cost for a ride. The last picture shows a building with a thermometer, showing that it was around 12 degrees Celsius when I was there - not bad for winter.
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