I had no idea Shanghai was such a big city. I arrived at the Pudong airport and find out the hotel is an hour drive away. After weaving our way through traffic I finally make it to my hotel at the Ramada Plaza hotel in downtown Shanghai. The area that the hotel is in is like no other. Stepping out onto Nanjing Road is like swimming in a sea of a thousand people. Now I know why China is the land of nearly 2 billion. After checking out the financial district called the Bund I decide to head back to the hotel for some much needed rest. Shanghai is as much a modern city to China as New York is to the United States. Its skyscrapers expand past where the eye can see. Lights gleam at night much like that of Las Vegas. Shanghai is the epitome of modern day industrialization. Massive buildings flood throngs of onlookers as they weave in and out of dark corners. I will take sunny California over Shanghai any day More to come tommorrow after I can shake off the jetlag.