Shanghai - cont. 2

The Bund area, stretches 2km along the Huangpu River, contains a line-up of early 1900s edifices built by European, American, Japanese, Russian trading & banking companies, operated here until the Communist takeover in 1949. These two, the Peace Hotel (originally built by Victor Sassoon) & the Bank of China.

Now The Bund features a nice public riverside promenade with views across the river to the Orient Pearl Tower. (There's that woman again, still clutching her Lonely Planet Guide :-o ) )

The huge old HSBC bulding & Customs House (with clock built to resemble Big Ben) are across the road on the left.