Sunday, December 6, 2009

More from Shanghai

Steve went to the TV tower and the Financial building on Saturday then again on Sunday because the people who flew in Saturday night wanted to see them. They are on the other side of the river from where he is staying so he took the sight seeing tunnel which had a cable that pulled a small train car that held around 15 people. There were all sorts of crazy lights in the tunnel. Sunday was a sunny and much clearer day, so it was worth it to go back.

The Financial Building is 100 stories tall. Steve said it took maybe 60-90 seconds to get from the ground to the 100th floor. It is in the Guinness Book of  World Records, 2009 for the highest observation deck. It also had a glass floor. Below are some pictures.

   IMG_1875IMG_1876

Sight Seeing Tunnel

  IMG_1880IMG_1878IMG_1879

TV Tower

IMG_1884 IMG_1912  

IMG_1893 IMG_1917

 IMG_1894 IMG_1906

IMG_1903 IMG_1922IMG_1918   IMG_1904IMG_1920IMG_1913

Views from Financial Building

IMG_1914 IMG_1916

Views Through the Glass Floor

5 comments:

Shirley said...

sounds and looks like Steve is having fun. nice that the weather got better so they could see farther from the building. incredible city

Susan said...

Cool pictures...don't think I could have stood on the glass floor though. Only 2 days left :)

Anne said...

The City goes on forever...but I guess that's what you get with 16 million people!

Amber said...

niiiice shots! what an adventure!

Trisha said...

Crazy glass floor! Those buildings look enormous!