Fri 19th Aug - Shanghai Hot

First dry, clear sky and hot day in Shanghai..Today we walked to the pier and took the cruise boat..pleasant tour up and down the river for water views of the city..the embankments both side of the river were spotlessly clean and beautifully lined with trees and bushes creating green patches amongst the concrete and steel. We then went to the Shanghai World Financial centre (SWFS) officially the tallest observatory in the world. We got pictures done on the 100th floor skywalk and a certificate to prove it! The floor on the 100th floor platform was made of glass in many places so you could see all the way down..not a good place for vertigo sufferers..Then relaxing in the room for Theo whilst I slipped in another treatment - facial and shoulder massage. Very quick dinner at the exquisite cantonese restaurant of Grand Hyatt, The Canton as we had to rush across the other side of the town and the frightfully busy tunnel under the river to the Shanghai centre Theatre to watch Shanghai Acrobatic. The show was a modern take of traditional chinese acrobatics..very well done...some of the acts had stupendous difficulty in their routines..on our descend from the theatre centre i came upon Zhang textiles an antique textiles and embroideries shop, also favoured by Bill Clinton (Is there anywhere this guy has not been in Shanghai?) and the evening finished in a rather expensive way for me...Oh well a glass of red at Cloud 9 will underline another good day in Shanghai!