Days in Shanghai plus ERA Circus show-August 2007

August 26 to Sept 1, 2007 (Shanghai)
Was in Shanghai for works and also, acts as tour guide to three American colleagues.
ate Korean beef BBQ, downed with TsingTao beers at Pudong, ate Chinese food & downed with Chinese white rice wine (~38 alcohol content)at Xiao Nang Kok Restaurant (next to HongQiao Pearl City shopping mall), shanghainese xiao long pau (little dragon bun) etc at Lu Bo Lang, Yuyuan and then, ate deep fried 'ta wan ser' (King of Snake) etc at Xiao Nan Kok's Restaurant (near Wanda Shopping Mall) before heading for circus show (Era-at Shanghai Circus). Cost is around rm 130 for side seat, near stage. quite enjoyable shows, as the stunts plus the music and lighting and special effects are quite good. highly recommended if u have time to spare at nite in Shanghai. See
http://www.era-shanghai.com/EN/about.asp for details. The last I saw a circus show was when I was a little kid and that is more than 30 years ago. The best stunt is the one on the photo, those guys blindfold and walked on top of the rings while it swung around, and they even jumped on a rope. It was scary as it is high (>4 storeys) and there is no safety rope in case they slipped. walked along nanjing lu, the main shopping street in shanghai and saw people reading public newspaper on the board. look up for the chap with his own-made boxer, quite a funny scene. took some nite shots of pudong skylines, the world financial centre is at its top now (still under construction) and now, ranked 2nd tallest building in the world, close to 500 metres high.