When I think of Shanghai, I think of The Bund on the Pu-Xi side looking across at the Disney'esque future world of Pu-Dong. This was the first spot that I hit when I arrived in Shanghai and have to say the view lived up to my expectations and left me in awe.
The view is almost surreal and personally, I can stare at it for hours. Maybe cause I'm a techie and love that kind of stuff. I love modern. But I also love history and if you walk south, you can get a good view of the old Pu-Xi side and take some good pictures with the old buildings.
The Pu-Dong side is nice too. Some nice restaurants there and I had dinner at one of them. Great view at night and more photo ops.
My only pet peeves were the agressive beggars and hawkers. Also, I wish there were more ways to access the Bund promenade rather than the 1 or 2 underground access paths. One time I had to dash across the wide 8-lane road because I didn't want to walk all the way to the underground path. Perhaps they are building pedestrian crossings. There was some construction going on at the time.
