Originally Posted by
Billy Mumphrey
This is so helpful. Assuming I sleep on the flight I'm going to walk the Bund and then head back over to Lujiazui, or alternatively just explore the park you suggested. I love aquariums and I missed that on my last trip to Shanghai, so I'll be there at 9 when they open. Any suggestions of a good place to eat near the aquarium? I appreciate good food of any kind, but don't speak any Mandarin so I realize that can limit one's options in China.
Also, what time would you head back to the airport for a 2:30 flight given that my bag is already checked in and I have a boarding pass?
Binjiang Park and the Bund are basically mirror images of each other; the former is on the east bank of the river, and the latter is on the west bank of the river... pretty much directly across from each other. I think a good plan would be to take the subway to LJZ, walk south along the river until you get to public boat dock (I said it was at the south end of Binjiang, but it might be another 200 meters; hard to miss in any event), take the boat across the river (poor man's river cruise
), and walk north along the Bund until you get to the sightseeing tunnel, which will get you back across the river. This should take around an hour, and I know the boat runs early in the morning...need to check on the tunnel because I haven't used it in several years.
Since you'll already have a boarding pass, I'd feel reasonably comfortable getting to the terminal at 130p, so a 1p Maglev would work.