SHANGHAI & EXPO: revisited ;)

...after wild nature trip --> 1 week in the wild city & the home town of the last year...SHANGHAI


Good Old Pudong


Teppanyaki fire


Taikang lu (Tianzifan)...my favourite place in Shanghai





And this is dedicated to the closure of EXPO yesterday....it will no longer open its doors to the keen queuing visitors :), so here`s something little for you in case you missed it all ;))


Proud of Latvian pavilion :) (and having been a part of its volunteering team for several days :)



North Korean pavilion





China pavilion


Estonian pavilion VIP reception :) (pavilion was closed due to maintenance on the day we tried to visit it with Estonian friends, sooo...we knocked on the back door and got true Estonian spirit ;)



Usual tea ritual in my favourite tea shop in Qibao :)


View from the "bottle opener"... And then we went up to the other tower (Jinmao tower) as well and finished up having dinner there :)


Louis...:)


EXPO panorama by night: UFO building where we went for Estonian pavilion day choir concert :)


EXPO by night




And the next day there was a lovely Estonian pavilion day reception in a hotel garden with the First lady of Estonia & many other important Estonians present :)


The first lady (yellow dress) & me ( at the back ;)


Bye bye EXPO!

Shanghai EXPO UK pavilion!

Even though I`m away from Shanghai...still got quite some photos & stories to post, so let`s remember EXPO and look at my favourite EXPO pavilion (except for Latvian pavilion, of course ;)

So...my favourite: UK !!! Simply because it`s just beautiful! Amazing visual experience both from outside & inside!





These are the seeds!!!
For more info: http://en.expo2010.cn/c/en_gj_tpl_71.htm





Love it!!!

EXPO Italy pavilion: not only devil wears PRADA ;)

Very stylish pavilion & definitely one of my favourites!







Prada uniforms :)

EXPO Chinglish :)

No worries! It`s still here :)

... the idea was to have Chinglish free EXPO & Shanghai... but seems that nothing can take down Chingliush... not even EXPO ;)

Some samples from within (EXPO ;)

EXPO: SWITZERLAND pavilion

To prevent you from wasting your time waiting to get into this mega popular pavilion, let me show you what you would get after 3-5 h of waiting ;) (I got in without waiting and that`s the only way you would want to get in there!)




...so ...that`s what you get...5 min ride with a chance to watch grass & EXPO from above... :) (of course, there are more "thingies" while you`re waiting, but this is the highlight)




Cool? Yes! :) Worth waiting 2-4 h? No way :))