LETS HEAD FOR SOMETHING ON THE 29TH???

HItraveller will be there too at that time and maybe others

Thanks, Stu, good to be back with Michael, and thanks again for sending us your book The Wayfarers. All the Ramada Inns now have been upgraded to hotels, not sure if the address is 505 Nanjing Road East, which now is an excellent Sofitel Hyland, Ctrip rate is $110.

dgunbug: I checked C-Trip (they only go out to the end of 60 days), regular room rate at R. Yu Gardens is $152. Or you can check out the art deco Park Hotel across from the People's Square for $65, ask for a quiet room.

Yes lets plan for the 29th.

Shanghainese, got any recos for a gtg in the Yu gardens area? Will you be back in Oct?

Aloha!

Shanghainese - thanks for the hotel info. Is it better to wait to get hotel rooms a month or so out or better now? Not certain yet how many days to actually spend in shanghai. Are we better off doing day trips from there or should we plan on overnighting in some of the surrounding towns? Do you have any favorite towns that you suggest visiting? Hope you are actually in shanghai to join in this gathering.

HT: Why not go to the one we went to? Old Shanghai Lanes Cuisine at 300 Nanking Road East, Floor 6, at the eastern end of the pedestrian street a couple of blocks off the Bund. Make a reservation at 3376-7922. Great food (Som's photos are mouth watering), nice view, one Metro stop north on Line 10 (purple) or a 14 rmb cab ride from your hotel which 4 of you can squeeze in and carpool. I have house guests in Oct, can't get to Shanghai again. Aloha!

dgunbug: Check out othere hotel rez sites and see if you can get anything lower than Ctrip, If so, book it. Ctrip may not keep the same rate for Oct so it's a gamble. For how many days in Shanghai, you should first firm up your itinerary, the hotels will hold your luggage when you go away a day or two with a small bag if you let them know when you make your rez. Perhaps you should pull up your former topic, if I'm not mistaken, you have more than 3 weeks and it is mostly from Beijing to the middle of China. If you are not going back to China soon, why miss out on the south, i.e. Yangshuo/Guilin or Yunan Province? And tell me your interests, what I like may not be to your liking.

place sounds good to me..

nearer to the time lets start a new thread to generate more interest??

R and K....this mostly humorless board needs a little lightness. I know you have a good, warped sense of humor...I'm certainly not trying to emulate Andy (Gpanda...no one can, bless his memory)and the fun "give and take" you guys had which so many Fodorites enjoyed...and in which I loved to participate.

You will enjoy Shanghai..here are my "Just Shanghai" pics from 2007..notice EKSCRUBCHY having dinner with us at Ruijin guest house resto.(see post below)

stu.

https://picasaweb.google.com/stuartt...hanghai200702#

Have a fun trip...

sorry, EK....error..EKSCRUNCHY, of course.

So she does have frizzy hair!

Thanks Aileen!!!

Bob, I'll reconnoiter before you arrive.....

Stu, your memories, trip reports and pics are always a welcome sight.

Coke, Som and Cokie hope you all are available at that time....it would be wonderful to meet up with you.

I'll top this in early October for Einstein.....oh oh....

Aloha!

Marija -- I think that was a bad hair day in Shanghai for EK, when I met her in Manhattan she had wavy hair, not frizzy at all.

Shanghainese--I was referring to this epic tale which includes discussion of eks' hair:

http://www.fodors.com/community/asia...yssey-2010.cfm

We'll be around! We're off to Africa today but in October we should be back to the grind, so let's go eat!

coke...have fun in africa...

if you are the local, you should pick the place and make a res for us when we know who is coming..

Looking forward to meeting more fodorites in shanghai. We will plan to be there on the 29th and look forward to sharing a meal.

so, lets plan on the 29th???

we could meet in the club lounge at the renaissance yu garden where peter and i can reserve a meeting room or meet at a restaurant..??

coke, maybe you have a good suggestion for a restaurant??

Looking forward to this gtg.

We are also looking forward to this gtg.

Aloha!

Bob: Suggest you start a new thread for the upcoming GTG.