A Visit to The Pearl Tower

A Visit to The Pearl Tower
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We had an afternoon to kill before boarding our overnight sleeper train to
Huang Shan, so we headed across the river to East Shanghai to visit the
Oriental Pearl Tower. This is a TV antenna tower with observation platforms
built onto it a different heights. They are in the shape of pearls. The
top observation level is at 1143 feet, but we only went as high as the one
at 863 feet. There is also a much larger one at 300 feet, but it contains
nothing more than a video arcade and some small children's rides. It was
well worth a visit.

Last night we took the sleeper train - it turned out that it was a 'local',
which meant that it stopped at every station between Shanghai and Huang
Shan. I didn't get much sleep. Today and tomorrow we will spend in the
mountains - our hotel tonight is at an evaluation of 6400 ft. More on that,
plus pictures, tomorrow.