{"id":1392,"date":"2013-06-17T00:33:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T08:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/?p=1392"},"modified":"2013-06-21T00:55:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T08:55:17","slug":"shanghai-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/?p=1392","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-view-from-royal-le-meridien-shanghai.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-view-from-royal-le-meridien-shanghai.png\" alt=\"bo deng view from royal le meridien shanghai\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-view-from-royal-le-meridien-shanghai.png 850w, http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-view-from-royal-le-meridien-shanghai-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-view-from-royal-le-meridien-shanghai-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shanghai weekend trip. Glad to get out of a heavily polluted Beijing and get into a comparatively speaking, only slightly better Shanghai. Glad to be in Shanghai non the less. This view is out of Le Royal M\u00e9ridien. I used to always pass by this hotel and thought of it as just an average place. Turns out it&#8217;s in a pretty awesome location and the staff gave me a good room with nicer than usual rate. The view of the park did remind me somewhat of Manhattan. Ok I know, to compare people&#8217;s park to Central park is a travesty, I&#8217;m just trying to make the most of my moment here.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mr-mrs-bund-shanghai.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mr-mrs-bund-shanghai.png\" alt=\"mr mrs bund, shanghai\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mr-mrs-bund-shanghai.png 850w, http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mr-mrs-bund-shanghai-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mr-mrs-bund-shanghai-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-view-from-banyan-tree-hotel-shanghai.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-view-from-banyan-tree-hotel-shanghai.png\" alt=\"bo deng view from banyan tree hotel, shanghai\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-view-from-banyan-tree-hotel-shanghai.png 850w, http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-view-from-banyan-tree-hotel-shanghai-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-view-from-banyan-tree-hotel-shanghai-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe Banyan Tree is a great hotel. Wonderful facilities, automated japanese toilet, huge tub. Except the fact its in an awkward location in the middle of no where. I do think that&#8217;s about to change though. The bund is the bund. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-penisula-shanghai-view.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-penisula-shanghai-view.png\" alt=\"bo deng penisula shanghai view\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-penisula-shanghai-view.png 850w, http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-penisula-shanghai-view-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.iambo.com\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/bo-deng-penisula-shanghai-view-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shanghai weekend trip. Glad to get out of a heavily polluted Beijing and get into a comparatively speaking, only slightly better Shanghai. Glad to be in Shanghai non the less. This view is out of Le Royal M\u00e9ridien. I used to always pass by this hotel and thought of it as just an average place. 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