Grand Hyatt Shanghai
Asia Me: A high floor if possible please Front desk clerk: Well sir, the hotel starts on the 53rd floor… so basically every floor is a high floor. Me: Oh… right! It’s a common request I make when I check...
The View from Shanghai’s Tallest Buildings
Asia You may recall when I started my series on China that I mentioned I was posting the trip in reverse, so this week we’re moving to Shanghai, were my adventures there this year began. Shanghai is an interesting...
St Regis in Tianjin
Asia In last week’s post I mentioned that the city of Tianjin in China had a slew of really interesting bridge designs, as well as just general architecture of its buildings. As you walk down the river that snakes...
Bridge Creativity in Tianjin
Asia Several weeks back I mentioned that Seoul was a city of bridges, and as it turns out, China has a city like this too (though it admittedly doesn’t have quite as many Seoul); Tianjin. Known as the “Pearl of...