Shanghai: Day 3

On my last day in Shanghai I wandered around for pretty much the entire day. I hopped onto the subway and ended up at a garden and from there I walked along the Bund. I then finally got to the Bund sight seeing tunnel where I paid 180 yuan (around twenty U.S. dollars) for a two-way ticket to the Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower. When I got to the top of the third tallest building in the world I remember trying to figure out why my brother, Andrew, thought it was scary and took a couple pictures. But as I walked downstairs there was another viewing floor that had see through floors! I was extremely terrified and didn't dare to step on it until someone asked me to take a picture of them (I kept telling her how extremely scared I was). I then decided to face my fears and step on the see through floor and walked straight to the railing and grabbed on, I did this knowing that if for some reason I did fall holding onto that rail was not going to help at all, but it somehow helped me relax a little. I eventually let go of the rail and walked around without being scared and I kind of didn't want to leave. The next level that we were brought to had a arcade and a roller coaster in it which was very bewildering, but I continued along onto the Shanghai Municipal History Museum. The displays were very interesting and I almost had to force myself to leave because I only had that day left to explore Shanghai. After forcing myself out, I went back to the Bund sight seeing tunnel and although I didn't explain it on my journey there that does not mean it was not interesting. I didn't really know what I was expecting but it turned out to be a very odd experience. When I entered I was guided towards a clear slow moving tram that took us through the tunnel with a huge array of lights, creepy voices, and randomness. Fast-forwarding to the end of my trip something that really stood out to me was when I was checking-out and the man who was helping me with my bags asked if my taxi was waiting outside or if he needed to call one for me and when I replied "No, thank you, I'm going to take the subway" he was immediately shocked and slowly handed me my bag. And even though it may not seem like a big deal it made me think of how lately I've been doing things that are unexpected and I will forever remember my first trip to Mainland China.