Monday, November 24, 2008

What to play in Shanghai- Shopping in Huaihai Road and Nanjing Road

(Huaihai Road)
“Shopping” is always an inviting word to people living in a city. If you ask Shanghai people what he/she does most in his/her leisure time, probably 90 percent of them will answer “Shopping”. Fortunately, Shanghai is a good place for shopping. It has countless malls and streets for shopping.

The most popular place for shopping in Shanghai is Huaihai Road. There are a lot of malls and stores open along the street. Besides, there are also many cafés and restaurants on the street so if you are tired of walking, thirsty or hungry there is always a place to rest. The street is also well decorated and there are silver lights hanging on the trees along the road. If you go the Huaihai Road in night, you will feel like you are in paradise. However, the things sold in Huaihai Road are a little expensive. You can find all the famous brands there, but no discount. Here is the picture of Huaihai Road.

Another famous place for Shopping is the Nanjing Road. I believe every tourist in Shanghai has been to Nanjing road. However Nanjing road is divided into two parts: East Nanjing Road and West Nanjing Road. East Nanjing road is a pedestrian street and it is so famous to the tourists that even in late night, it is full with the travelers. They come here to see “Shanghai”-colorful lights, crowds, shopping arcades…This pedestrian street shows what Shanghai is: A sleepless city. Since there are too many tourists in East Nanjing Road, the locals don’t like to go there. Instead, Shanghai people like to go West Nanjing Road. West Nanjing Road is just a normal road, not a pedestrian with malls and stores on both sides. There are big malls selling famous brands at a high price, big malls selling famous brands with an incredible big discount, delicate stores selling expensive things and small stores selling cheap things. It depends on you what kind of malls or stores you like to go. West Nanjing Road is very long, even if you spend a whole day shopping in that street, you still cannot walk to the end.



(East Nanjing Road)

(West Nanjing Road)

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