Visited the Wild Animal Park 2 weeks ago. Took a bus from Shanghai Stadium, it cost 120 yuan including the entrance fee and it took 1 hour 45 minutes. I declined a visit to Shanghai Zoo as I had heard it was a little depressing, but the WAP was really very nice, vast open enclosures for the animals, in fact, so vast it was kind of hard to see the animals, but that is fine by me, that's how it should be, plenty of places for them to hide should they feel unsociable. The place looked well kept and animals not obviously distressed or depressed. Plenty of Chinese tourists feeding them all sorts of crap though despite many "Please do not feed the animals" signs. Worth a visit, but you need to commit a full day.

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Mr.letmein 2008-4-3 15:56

I live in Shanghai and love it here. While here definately pick up a copy of That's Shanghai or City Weekend (there's tons of other expat magazines too)...they tell you everything you need to know...where to go, what to do, etc. The city never sleeps, there is always (*ALWAYS*) something to do. Shanghai is kind of like Las Vegas in the fact that anything goes. What happens in Shanghai, stays in Shanghai. Actually, I describe it as this: if New York and Las Vegas had a baby, it would be Shanghai. Likewise, Shanghai is the most expensive (still very cheap though) of the big cities in China. It is an interesting blend of traditional China with the very modern Western world...the very modern Western world is pushing the traditional China out though. There's a Starbucks on every corner. China pumps tons of money into Shanghai, it is the financial center of the country and likewise they protect it at all costs. OH, just as a word to the wise, don't take back the DVD's from here to the US (generally you can get DVDs for $1- 8RMB because everything is pirated...including satellite TV) because it carries a hefty fine if you get caught. While Pu Dong looks cool, there is nothing to do there yet really. There's great shopping on Nanjing Road, see the Bund, People's Square and the Jing'an Temple. If you come looking for traditional China, there's not much of that here (in fact, sometimes I forget I'm in China)...Make sure you meander about nanjing Road after a Bund River Cruise.. Mao Ming Road is pretty fun, they have the best Pizza in all of China there, (Melrose Pizza) someone posted "Simply Thai" as a place to eat - Hell yeah, that is the best Thai food restaurant I've found in China. if you are looking for a good time, come to Shanghai...there's plenty of that here.

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Mr.Keith Stefan 2008-4-3 15:55