By: Taraye Casdorph

Leaving America

• 9:00 A.M.- Wake up• 11:00 A.M.- Drive to airport• 11:30 A.M.- Get on plane• ~24 Hours Later~• Arrives to Shang Hai.Upon arrival in

Shan Hai, I am met and transferred to the hotel. Relaxed during the remainder of the afternoon and evening to recover from the jet lag.

Day 1

• Yesterday I arrived to Shang Hai, there is no time to waste, I will go and visit, the Oriental Pearl TV.

• The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is one of the distinctive landmarks in the Shanghai skyline. It rises above the banks of the Huangpu River to 468 meters (1,535 feet). A view like that would be breath taking. (Plus Ultra Violet was filmed there.)

• After leaving the tower I would head over to Nanjing Road. This would be a good place to visit because it’s one of the most important commercial and tourist streets in Shanghai, which stretches from the bund to Yanan Xilu. It is a good place to learn the history and culture of Shanghai.

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• Yuyuan Garden, it has more than 40 attractions in the inner and outer gardens, both built in the Ming Dynasty classical style.

• The garden is believed to be built in the Ming Dynasty more than 400 years ago. Built in traditional Chinese style with numerous rock and tree garden areas, ponds, dragon-lined walls and numerous doorways and zigzagging bridges separating the various garden areas and pavilions, it would be really neat to visit a place with such a long history, and haha, it’s still standing!

• Place & Transport: ShanghaiToday's Activities: Shanghai Museum.

• Meals: Breakfast- Youtiao or You tiao is a long, golden-brown, deep fried strip of dough in Chinese cuisine.

• 1952: Museum founded and first open to the public in the former Shanghai Racecourse club house, now at 325 W. Nanjing Road.

• 1959: Museum moved into the former Zhonghui Building at 16 S. Henan Road, which previously housed insurance companies and bank offices.

• Okay so now I have visited all of the major attractions in ShangHai that I wanted to, now it’s time to go to a new city. Next stop, Beijing. Beijing is China's second largest city, after ShangHai. It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and motorways passing through the city. It is also the focal point of many international flights to China.

• Okay it’s day four of my trip, that means I only have one more day left! I would have to agree that these past four days has been a wonderful trip, even checking into the hotels were great! So my next stop is, Temple of Heaven.

• The Temple of Heaven is the grandest cult architecture complex in the world and a masterpiece of the Chinese people created in ancient times. It covers 2,700,000 square meters (667 acres), which is nearly four times the area of the Forbidden City. The temple was constructed in 1420 during the Ming Dynasty.

• My next stop is Datong,the town was founded in 200 BC during Han Dynasty and was called Pingcheng (??, Pinyin: Píngchéng). It was sacked at the end of Eastern Han Dynasty. The industrial town of Datong lies in the north of Shanxi province on a plain which is shielded to the north and south by two sections of the Great Wall of China. There is a rail link between Datong and Beijing.

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• Well sadly it was my time to go, I traveld back to Shang Hai after five wonderful days in such a beautiful city…it wasn’t easy. But now that I’m back I made this wonderful presentation of photos and places to visit for all of you to enjoy.