Shanghai Off the Beaten Path Tips by MaosRedArmy

When Shanghai was a little smaller than today (back in the mid 1500s) the city's forefather's decided to erect an 8 meter wall around the entire city to proect citizens from Japanese pirates.

Only a small piece of the wall (50m) remains today, and it can be found at the corner of Renmin and Dajing Road. The wall is housed in structure that was built during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

While it is not a structure that will keep you occupied for hours, it did provide us with a unexpected history lesson about Shanghai in a tiny "museum" that housed a model of the city surrounded by the Old Wall, as well as old pictures of daily life in Shanghai.

Admission for adults is 5RMB.

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Welcome to Shanghai's version of the TWILIGHT ZONE.

If you want to take a "unique" ride in a plastic bubble car under the Huanpu River, then you have come to the right place!

This ride takes you from the PuXi Waterfront (the Bund) to the PuDong Waterfront area (or vice versa) and takes about 5 minutes.

The entire sightseeing tunnel is lined with flashing, strobing, and pulsing lights in all shapes, sizes and colors. I definitely think the person that designed this ride either a) loves to take pyschodelic drugs;. or b) is stuck somewhere in the 1960s; or c) both. I am surprised Hunter S. Thompson hasn't already written about this ride.

If you have children and want to keep them occupied OR if you and your buddies are loaded and want to kick up your buzz, this is for you.

One way ride = 20RMB
Round-trip = 30RMB

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