CeciliaL Says: The beach (the only beach on the island) is pretty easy to find. There are a lot of buses/taxi going from the pier to the beach. The fare we paid was about RMB 4 per person.The beach is pretty nice, especially on a hot summer day. It is too bad that there are no beaches in...
CeciliaL Says: We took the slow boat from Shanghai to the first Island (Putou Island). We got on the boat at 8pm and arrived at the Island at 7am.... so basically we spent the night on the boat. It was not that great but better than what I expected. I was thinking we would have to sleep...
CeciliaL Says: We took a combination of 3 to 4 boat rides, 2 taxis, 2 buses, to travel from Shanghai pier to Taohua Island. We had a very busy 28 hours (from 8am Saturday to midnight Sunday)Our last bus/boat was very interesting. First we got on a bus. Then we slowly drove to the pier. And...
CeciliaL Says: We only had one hour left before we had to head back to the bus stop (to take the bus from the Island to Shanghai) We were thinking to go up to the temple, but we were too cheap. Not willing to pay RMB 35 each. We decided to take an adventurous trip and just walked around...
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Taohua Island - A Wonderful Getaway!!

Yes, finally I made the first trip out of Shanghai city!!! I was so excited. I have been told that there are no beaches in Shanghai city. So a few of us went to explore this island. We were supposed...
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