In Shanghai, we spent the longest time in port than any other. We had three touring days, two nights. A great city! Other than the smog, it was quite clean. There are more truly tall skyscrapers then we'd ever seen in one place in our lives!
We sail at 1:30pm, right on time. It did take a few minutes to get turned around and headed down the Yangtze river.
This building was just down river from where we were docked and I never learned what it is all about. Perhaps a guide told us, however, sometimes the words through the Chinese accents were difficult to understand!
Yesterday and this morning had been quite clear but by the time we left, the smog had returned in full force! Glad we went to the TV tower yesterday! That, by the way is one of the shorter of the super tall structures.
Close up, it didn't seem so smoggy. The temperature was in the low 70s, perfect for an ice cream sail-away! My choice was cherry vanilla with a splash of Godiva chocolate liqueur, well, maybe a little more than a splash!
When Regent puts out ice cream, they put out all the trimmings… almost anything one would like to have with their ice cream!
The hull of a ship being constructed. Had I not been chatting with another of the travelers who happens to be in the ship-building business, I'd never have figured that out. The yellow pieces on the blue barge are more pieces of the puzzle!
A section of the keels lies near-by.
Going under the one bridge on the way out. It sure looked like we weren't going to clear. However, as we sailed on under, we noted there was plenty of room.
Some two and a half hours down river, we were still in the shipyards! This is by far, the largest port we have ever been in.
It will be close to 7pm by the time we are once again in open water. Tomorrow (1/8/13) as we head on toward Hiroshima, we'll spend the day in, ur uh, make that "on", the East China Sea. We have nothing planned for then so maybe I'll get another post up.
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