Archive for June, 2010

Kobachi: A Japanese Restaurant in Shanghai

On our last full day in Shanghai Mrs. Unlawyer and I decided to take our children to the two tallest buildings in the city. We first visited the Jin Mao Tower and climbed up to the Grand Hyatt Shanghai hotel. As lunch was almost nigh we opted to take it right then and there, partly [...]

The Shanghai Maglev: Train of the Future

One of the must-see, or to be precise a must-ride, attractions in Shanghai is not a museum, nor an architectural marvel of which this Chinese city is full of. It’s a technological wonder: the Shanghai Maglev Train, to date the only high-speed maglev in service anywhere in the world.
Here is some background information courtesy of [...]

Night Shots of the Shanghai Skyline

I first travelled to Shanghai with Mrs. Unlawyer in 2002, and during that time I took this nighttime picture of the Pudong skyline from at a vantage point on the west bank of the Huangpu River. I used a Canon PowerShot Pro70 to take this photo, all of 1.7 megapixels.
Well, it took us another eight [...]

Shanghai World Expo 2010 Visiting Tips

Congratulations on your decision to visit the Shanghai World Expo 2010! There’s much to see and do, and whether you intend to go to that venue as a part of a tour group or just on your own, I’m sure that there will be something in there that’s bound to appeal to everyone.
Having visited the [...]

The Philippine Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010

Standing proud at its very own site on Zone B/Asian Group 1 Cluster at the 2010 Expo Shanghai China grounds is the Philippines’ very own pavilion, which will be formally inaugurated by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today in what is probably her last mission abroad before stepping down from office come June 30, 2010:
“The Philippine [...]