In March 2013 I visited China for the third time in 5 years. During my trip I also stayed in Shanghai to explore this fast changing city.
...Read moreIn March 2013 I visited China for the third time in 5 years. During my trip I also stayed in Shanghai to explore this fast changing city.
For China, Shanghai is a relatively international city. Nevertheless, as soon as one leaves the typical (and overran) tourist places and tries something a little bit more individual, the language barrier becomes more and more problematic. I knew that from my previous trips and also wanted to have the advantage of the knowledge only a local can provide.
That is why I looked for a travel guide and found Xi. After a short discussion about what I expect and hope of my trip to Shanghai, she made several recommendations of places and activities. Half of them I couldn’t found in any of my travel guide books. She helped me to find a reasonable hotel (wrt to cost and quality), as well as organizing tours like a boat tour down the Huangpu river to the beginning of the ocean. Shanghai can be explored on your own, but I believe all you will see then is only the surface of this city. I had a lot of fun as well as interesting insights to the Chinese culture. And Xis work and easygoing character were on of the major reasons for that.
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