Sunday, October 29, 2006

I went with some friends to the Shanghai Aquarium today. Located next to the Jetson-like Pearl Tower the aquarium is quite excellent but at 120 rmb it's pretty pricy - especially for most Chinese tourists. Even so, it was crowded enough for my tastes. Most of the signage was in both Chinese and English. It was a good chance to learn a few new Chinese words. A penguin is called a "goose that stands on its tiptoes" in Chinese. Like every other aquarium in the world the tour ends at a gift shop. What I noticed about this one is that it has the same "made in China" stuffed toy animals that the aquariums in the US. The prices however are not at "made in China" levels - the prices are the same as in the US.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

That is about $15.25, not that much different then the one here in Peavine. I think most aquariums are a little expensive.

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