Wuhan, Shanghai to Shenzen

We spend a day in Wuhan which is a lovely city, very easy to get around and the city centre has a mall thats a no car zone, so its great to just wander and not dodge traffic. Wuhan has a river through the centre and their riverside strip is great for kids with playgrounds, walking paths and plenty to see and do. We take the night train to Shanghai arriving early morning we head into the "bund" along the river. There are hawkers everywhere trying to sell us just about anything.

Shanghai boosts to have more skyscrapers than New York and looking towards the skyline they are probably right. The city lights up at night and is quite a sight particularly along the river, we splurge on a waterfront restaurant and enjoy it all. However the following morning we decide to head to Shenzen for a couple days of shopping before we fly out to Borneo so we take the lunchtime train. We arrive in Shenzen early morning, find a hotel and set off shopping. Now this place is a shoe lovers dream with good quality leather shoes and boots ranging in price from $1.80aud to $8aud. So it really was essential that I stocked up at those prices!!! We also stocked up on nintendo ds games, handbags and sunglasses at bargain prices. We enjoyed Shenzen, found it very relaxing, cheap and fun. There is an indoor ice skating rink in the shopping centre that we tried out. The skies are blue again and the food great. Now its time to farewell China with my shoe loaded backpack and head to Borneo. http://www.byokids.com.au/ ...your family travel gurus