23 Jul
Shanghai Expo 2010 by Night
Kampungboy who was working in Shanghai last month managed to squeeze in some time to drop by the Shanghai Expo. Here’s some night pictures for your viewing pictures. Please pardon the picture quality as he was using our humble little point and shoot camera.
Will write more about tips and strategies to survive Shanghai Expo in my next post.
The China Pavilion has a distinctive roof, made of traditional dougong or brackets, which date back more than 2,000 years. Don’t bother to queue because the China Pavilion will remain open to public after the Expo.
The Malaysia Pavilion with the theme of One Malaysia, City Harmonious Living.
I know, I know, there have been a lot of talks of how dull and boring is the Malaysia Pavilion but I really like how the facade of the pavilion is made from a combination of recyclable materials of palm oil and plastic. Plus it is really beautiful at night!
The Pavilion of our neighbouring country, Singapore. With an “Urban Symphony” theme, do expect some unique rhythms and melodies in there.
The Philippines Pavilion carries the theme of Performing Cities. I love the transparent surface with beautiful visual effects of hands swaying.
The Cambodia Pavilion put alot of thoughts into incorporating the history of Angkor Period, Odong Period and Phnom-Penh Period into it’s exhibition.
Under the theme “Cities of Nature: Living between land and Sky”, the New Zealand Pavilion also bring us some Maori influences.
The Macau Pavilion was inspired by rabbit lanterns, which were popular in southern China in ancient times.
Lupu Bridge 卢浦大桥, located amidst the Shanghai Expo site .
A one-kilometer-long and 100-meter-wide walkway extends across the Expo site.
The Expo Axis consists of two underground and two above-ground levels and connects the major exhibition areas on the Shanghai Expo 2010 site and houses commercial, food catering, entertainment and exhibition service facilities.
“One Axis and Four Pavilion” area in 2010 World Expo Site
That’s all for all. I have 50 over pictures to be featured in the next post.
Posted by SimpleGirl on July 23, 2010 at 11:58 am
i was there 2 months ago….but didnt stay till night to admire the night view of the expo….nice to have a look of the beautiful nice view in your blog!
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Posted by J on July 23, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Nice! More photos please.
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Posted by Jess on July 23, 2010 at 2:35 pm
great post !!!! looking forward for more.. sigh.. didnt manage to go 2 weeks ago even when i was in china, flight tickets too expensiveeee
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:46 pm
hi jess. its ok some of the pavilion will stay there
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Posted by mimid3vils on July 23, 2010 at 3:05 pm
tThe pose of kampungboy very “hiao” ler, haha ^.^
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:45 pm
haha tats wat i tot too
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Posted by alilfatmonkey on July 23, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Hey, I was there for a couple of days too last month. But I guess i wouldn’t have been able to spot Kampung Boy amongst the hoards of tourists there.
I just blogged about the makan experience the expo has to offer in my post yesterday too. Cna’t wait to see the rest of your posts on the Expo
alilfatmonkey´s last blog ..A Page from My Shanghai Diary- Food at the World Expo 2010
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
ya i saw ur pic. they r awesome! it was a very brief visit, so most of our pic show only the pavilions
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Posted by taufulou on July 26, 2010 at 8:09 am
their architecture is seriously yeng!
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Posted by ciki on July 26, 2010 at 9:35 am
wowee.. really gorgeous! I like Malaysia too, but my favs were Mexico and Italy! Check some of em out on A lil Fat Monkey’s blog http://bit.ly/cnYlSZ. Mexico for the concept that it was directly situated under china on the opposite side of the world and Italy , of course for the high fashion and haute couture!
How long did u guys queue for? i heard some were insane.. like queue for 2 hours right?!
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Posted by Simon Seow on July 26, 2010 at 4:25 pm
I envy!!! T_T Can go Shanghai World Expo.
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Posted by holidays to hong kong on August 12, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Wow its beautiful ,
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Posted by Yiling on August 29, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I was there last month… took the 3 day pass option. The architectural of the pavillions were awesome, seeing is believing. But the queues were just crazy… my longest wait was about an hour half to the Australia pavillion, and after that I just gave up. I guess buying a day-pass just to see the architectural and immerse yourself in the China crowd is good enough heheh.
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
August 30th, 2010 at 2:49 pm
yaeh lo uk pavilion need to queue for 8 hrs! siao meh
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