minlin space

it’s been a fews days since i am in shanghai and today i had chance to visit the shanghai expo. it was a rainy day all morning and part of the afternoon, but it turned out a perfect day to visit expo. the weather is perfect, not hot or humid, some breeze, there is freshness in the air.

shanghai expo site is bigger than my wildest imagination. it almost cover 1/4 of shanghai, spans from across the huangpu river. we landed in the puxi side of expo. there are less people today but still easily top 400k people. we visited aurora pavilion, which is the only pavilion without a line. it is about chinese YU. kids had fun playing with water outside and managed to get all wet:-(

we took the shuttle bus to the PUDONG site of the expo, and visited a few pavilion there are no line. the first one i visited is the north korea pavilion, it is quite kids friendly. most of the pavilions have crazy line outside and we did not have time to wait. the waterfront lazer light show is fantastic, the chinese pavilion and the near by expo performing center and activity center display a breath-taking view and archetectual show. we took cruise back to the PUXI site. it is different viewing the expo from the river. during the night, the neon show outside buildings are gorgeous.