Here is your chance to see Shanghai (AKA Paris of the East) with your fellow FlyerTalkers/FlyerTeas!

Thanks to the efforts of bschaff1 and TravellerOnline we have a schedule of events and it looks like things are moving forward to a potentially successful DO

Thursday November 10

-If anyone is interested a group of us are meeting at the Le Meridien at 0830 to go to Zhujaijiao, an old watertown with many bridges and canals. If you are interested contact lili or post your questions or intent.

Friday November 11

- Agenda: Shanghai Highlights Tour from an Insider's View - Thanks to the generosity of our FlyerTea counterparts they are arranging more of an insider's tour, not a typical Shanghai tour for tourists. Of course they will also include the main tourist sites. Exact start time and meeting location will be forthcoming. See post 229 for agenda and specifics and post 271 for pickup times

- Dinner: Starting 6:30-7:00 PM. Venue: A small Japanese restaurant which does a nice set crab meal. The ultimate delicacy in Shanghai is hairy crab and the crab season is only about 3, 4 months. November is the best time for hairy crab. Normally these hairy crab set meals(nothing hairy in the set) will cost over RMB1000 per person. But this little gem can do it for RMB150. This is the real hidden gem in Shanghai. For those who won't venture into crabs, they can choo
se all-you-can-eat Japanese buffet for RMB158We need a final count of attendees NO LATER THAN 1 November Please advise me and TravellerOnline of your participation. Post #209 reflects those that have signed up for Dinner



Saturday November 12

- China Eastern Tour: China Eastern Airlines has their home hub in Shanghai and we will have the opportunity to tour their commercial pilot training facilities. (http://www.ceaftc.com/CeaftcWeb/Intr...nyInfo_En.aspx). The tour will be approximately 4 hours and we anticipating leaving the Le Meridien at approximately 1330. Please see Post #301 for additional information.

See (Post #153) for a list of attendees on this tour

- Dinner: 7:30 PM, Venue: Di Shui Dong located at 56 Mao Ming South Road, 2nd Floor (by Change Le Road) Shanghai. Comes with some great recommendations, check this link out (http://accidentalepicurean.com/2010/...sion-shanghai/) or do a web search on the name
See (Post #163) for a list of Dinner attendees. Here is a link for printable taxi directions http://www.smartshanghai.com/taxi/2848

Note: Dinner is now set for 1930hrs

- After Dinner Drinks: Pudong, Venue TBD

Sunday November 13

- Late Brunch or Lunch at 1200 (noon) at Jean Georges, 4th Floor, Three on the Bund, #17 Guangdong Lu (near Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu)

- Dinner: Timing is up in the air since I'm sure some people will be leaving this evening

See Post #2 for a list of DO attendees