We decided to hit the gardens today – which turned out to be a bit hard to find the entrance for behind its walls. The experience dragged us through a very touristy shopping area with beautiful traditional architecture. There were cool back alleys to get there – but the gardens themselves were packed. Beautiful, nevertheless.
From there did a bit of shopping and then tried looking for a cab. An unofficial taxi pulled up and offered to take us all to the Shanghai Museum for 30 yuan. We accepted his offer and got in the museum just before the lines started to form outside. Perfect timing and nice to get out of the heat. It was a great museum full of interesting art exhibitions on various topics: currency, paintings, calligraphy, furniture, jade, clothing/culture, ceramics, etc. Being my last night in Shanghai, I headed to The Bund on my own to see the spectacle and get some obligatory Shanghai skyline pictures.
