FRIDAY, MAR 5TH--ARRIVING IN SHANGHAI, CHINA

It is now 1:30pm and we are in the East China Sea approaching Shanghai. About 4pm we will enter the Huangpu River and sail up it to our dock which will be close to the downtown area and within sight of the very famous “Bund” (Shanghai’s waterfront boulevard). So we should dock around 6pm but then Chinese immigration officials will come aboard and all passengers will have to present their passports to them so they can check our Chinese visas. This process could take 3 hours they say from previous experience. It is another foggy day with an occasional thunderstorm and 45F so not a very nice one. There are a lot of interesting ships and smaller boats passing by outside. We had planned to do some shopping tonight but looks like we will have to do it after our tour tomorrow. The internet reception is on and off today so not sure if I can make the blog posting. I hope the weather will be better tomorrow so I can get some good pictures. Now 5pm and we are going up the river to downtown Shanghai area and our dock. Really bad weather for taking pictures and now also getting dark. Definitely not going ashore tonight. Our tour tomorrow starts at 8:45am.