Faster, Longer, Higher...

... or whatever that olympic thingie was before it became "money, money, money". Both slogans fit Shanghai as well.

Resting my feet and enjoying a $6 watermelon smoothie at the Marriot hotel lounge bar on the 38th floor.

This city grows at an incredable rate. The dark building in the lower left of the picture, is Park Hotel - the tallest building in Shanghai until quite recently and now a dwarf in comparison with all the skyscrapers that have sprung up in the last 10-15 years.