各位网友大家好，我是“民间最牛观博攻略作者”问不倒·倪。自《上海世博会三日游攻略》发布以来，本人已经收到无数网友的来信询问关于参观上海世博会的问题，其中提问次数最多的是关于展馆预约的问题，今天就在这里给大家做一个简要的介绍。

因为很多展馆和演出的预约方案至今没有确定，所以在这里只是提供大家一些预约的方法，如有变动也请大家谅解。

世博会开幕已经快一个月了，很多网友都已经在网上发表了自己的观博攻略，谈了观博的经验。我这位“最牛观博攻略”的作者也看了不少，发现对家对于玩世博到底看什么还是不清楚，或者说还是没找准点，到底怎么去看？到底看什么？

今天，我给大家举个城市最佳实践区马德里案例的例子讲讲我对世博会的关注点。

 首先，我们必须了解什么是城市最佳实践区。城市最佳实践区集中展示的是全球具有代表性的城市为提高城市生活质量所进行的各种具有创新的、有意义的和有示范价值的案例和实物。也就是说，里面展出的都是和我们生活息息相关的东西，哪怕有些是城市规划、环境保护这些貌似有点专业的问题。但我们细细去品味肯定能看得懂，因为本来世博会就是给游客参观的，城市最佳实践区不只对专业人士开放，而且参观完你一定会对我们的未来城市生活有自己的畅想和感悟。

 第二，我们到底怎么去城市最佳实践区？其实，我也想在这里推荐大家，参观世博会可以先看城市最佳实践区。根据一周的经验，上海世博会的8个陆上出入口里，排队时间最短，观众进出最少的是世博会3号门，半凇园路出入口，位于半凇园路保屯路。别以为人少交通就不方便，乘坐地铁和世博专线都可以到达。

告诉大家一个小窍门。您可以乘坐地铁4号线或8号线在西藏南路站下，从地铁2号出入口出站，您肯定会看到世博会的2号门，也就是西藏南路出入口，它是浦西最主要的出入口，所以排队相对也较多。其实，您可以出站之后往左走，沿中山南一路向东走，第一个十字路口就是保屯路，您再向右走就可以看到半凇园路出入口了。

如果您想乘坐世博专线车那就更方便了。在上海北区汽车站可以乘坐世博20路（65路B线）公交车，在真金路、富平路可以乘坐世博21路（869路B线）公交车，在田林路、合川路可以乘坐世博22路（89路B线），在世界路、新江湾城可以乘坐（910路B线），在虹漕南路、江安路可以乘坐世博24路（43路B线），在曹家渡可以乘坐世博25路（45路B线），在丰镇新村可以乘坐世博26路（66路B线），在上海火车站南广场可以乘坐世博31路（802路B线）到达南浦大桥。下车您就可以看到指示牌，可以很清晰明白地指引您到到世博园区3号门。这些世博专线车乘客不多，我非常推荐，而且都是大站车，中间很少停站，所以有的线路比地铁还快。

在从南浦大桥走到3号门的途中，您会经过南车站路。那里有票房和自助售票机，如果您还没有购买世博会门票，可以到那里去买当日普通票（160元）和当日优惠票（针对指定优惠人群100元），16:00开始销售夜票（17:00开始入场）。

在经过安检从三号门进入园区之后您可能会先看到一朵白云一样的建筑，那是企业馆里的中国航空馆，挺热门的，总是拍很长时间的队，如果排队时间不长您可以去参观一下，如果发现排队时间很长，那么我劝你就直接往城市最佳实践区方向走吧。怎么走呢？您会看到一个烟囱改造的温度计，往那边走就行了。烟囱底下是城市未来馆，是主题馆之一，参观完您可以往北面走，就是往您来园区时看到的高架方向走。会看到有一座天桥，别以为那里走不过去了，或者别觉得有点累不想过天桥，天桥有自动扶梯和无障碍电梯的，多走几步路你会看到更多精彩。

过了天桥您就来到了城市最佳实践区的北部实物案例街区，这里的展馆大多数都是把世界各地入选的建筑以以1:1的比例重新建造的。这里就挑一个马德里的案例给大家做一个介绍，它在最北面。

马德里案例由两部分组成，一部分是用竹子包裹而成的建筑，叫“竹屋”，主要的展馆也在里面，原型是西班牙马德里市的廉租房。“竹屋”旁边有个圆筒一样的建筑叫“空气树”，可以形成空气对流调节温度。

“竹屋”因为被一层竹皮包裹，营造出原生态的氛围。竹皮可以很好地调节光线，有效隔绝冬季的雨雪和夏季的高温。

“空气树”屋顶安装有太阳能板，可以实现能源自给。建筑内运用环境技术，安装自动开启的百叶窗和直径为7米的引风机，来营造一个气候控制空间，为人们提供舒适的环境。参观者可以在这样一个遮阳、防热的开放空间休憩，并更多地了解马德里。

对于城市最佳实践区来讲，里面的展馆展示的是展品，但是建筑本身也是一件展品，我们大家看世博要了解那些展馆建筑有何特点、功用，理解建筑本身带给大家的意义。马德里案例馆的两个建筑就可以说明这个问题。

乘自动扶梯可以上到顶楼，马德里案例馆和中国国家馆的参观顺序是一样的，由上自下参观，很多展馆为了引导大客流都设计了固定的参观路线，大家切不可走马观花，要找出其中的亮点。

最上面一层是介绍马德里的基本情况，很多游客没有去过西班牙，没有去过马德里，那么在这里你要看的是马德里的大致介绍还有当地的环境。比如马德里有多大？马德里有没有像上海一样有条母亲河？马德里有没有山区？当地有多少人口？我们还可以去了解一些当地的基础设施建设的情况，有没有重大的市政工程？就像游客来到上海，除了看东方明珠、环球金融中心之外，其实还可以去了解一下世界第二高楼，中国第一高楼——上海中心的建设情况，看看上海的未来是什么样的。

看完之后下楼，我们看到的是马德里在可持续发展方面的措施，环保、可持续发展是很多展馆都有展示的内容，细心的观众可以去对比其他展馆和马德里馆展示内容有哪些共同点和不同点。

既然在中国展出，展馆里一定有中西两国的交流和友谊的介绍。我在这个展区看到几张很有意思的照片，尤其是一张西班牙王妃抱着熊猫的照片。

来参观世博会，首先要做功课，展区那么大，展馆那么多，不能像无头苍蝇一样参观。我喜欢足球，所以我觉得马德里馆最精彩的是一层。一楼展厅最中央是著名足球俱乐部皇家马德里队的主场——伯纳乌球场的模型。模型中央是一块电子屏，介绍的是皇家马德里的荣誉。模型旁边有全体皇马球员的签名球衣和队长劳尔的战靴，再旁边是皇马的同城死敌马德里竞技全体球员的签名球衣和阿奎罗的战靴。

说到皇马，他们被国际足联评为“20世纪最佳俱乐部”，荣誉奖杯就在上海世博会城市最佳实践区马德里案例馆里。他们在1955-1956、1956-1957、1957-1958、1958-1959、1959-1960、1965-1966、1997-1998、1999-2000、2001-2002一共9次获得欧洲冠军杯冠军，成为历史上第一支能保留欧洲冠军杯奖杯的球队。现在这座象征欧洲足球俱乐部最高荣誉的圣伯莱德杯其实就是上海世博会园区里，就在城市最佳实践区北部的马德里案例馆。

很多球迷看完以后也可以去零售商店逛逛，您可以选择和卡西利亚斯、卡卡、C罗等皇马球星合影，PS技术高度发达的今天，马德里馆里冲印出来的球星合照足够以假乱真。

世博会看门道，展览不是唯一可看的。当我走出马德里馆之后，我发现在“空气树”不但有人在休憩，还有很多人围在一起做游戏。细细一看，原来是身着皇马球衣的工作人员和观众正在进行一场真人桌上足球比赛。比赛还有裁判呢，如果球出界了，裁判还会带领大家跳《康康舞曲》，就是那首“菠菜歌”。

在场的观众都玩得很high，很开心，其实世博会就是要让人开心。如果你别烈日、长时间排队影响了情绪，那么世博会就违反了原来的初衷。城市最佳实践区游客不算多，展馆基本不用排队，好看、好玩、好吃，希望您也要有好心情！

最后，做个广告：欢迎您参观上海世博会城市最佳实践区。

P.S. 在世博护照的第37页敲上城市最佳实践区马德里案例馆、巴塞罗那案例馆以及毕尔巴鄂案例馆三个纪念章之后就可以去浦东的西班牙国家馆排快速通道参观。

    2010上海世博会的大幕，正徐徐拉开。在这难得的盛会中，如何游得舒心、玩得过瘾？衣、食、行、玩4方面大家都应早做准备。

     由于园区面积较大，游览时间又长，走走停停间，双脚面临极大考验。这个时候，鞋子可不能添乱，以舒适合脚的平底便鞋、跑鞋为宜。穿衣方面，这个季节冷暖变化较大，最好备一件轻便防水的外套，热了脱、冷了穿，不易着凉。

     “某某饭店怎么走？”每当临近饭点，成了志愿者们被问得最多的问题之一。。此外，还可以寻找最近的问讯处求助。自备干粮同样有讲究，比如饼干、小蛋糕等有独立包装，又能确保质量的美味小点就挺好。至于饮料，如果不想喝直饮水，园区内还有不少饮料自动贩卖机，提供牛奶、果汁、汽水等，只要准备好硬币或较新的纸币，就能买到。

     很多参观者会问，怎样从浦东园区前往浦西园区？其实，穿梭交通工具有三种：园内轨交、世博越江线、水上轮渡。参观者可以根据自身兴趣以及所处园区位置作出选择。

     园区内，不少参观者漫无目的地走马观花，有的在世博轴上走1个多小时，还没想好到底去A片区还是B片区。其实，完全可以在出发前根据报纸、电视、网络等媒体上提供的信息，圈定自己最感兴趣的展馆、演出，然后制定最佳乘车、步行路线。

     你对游览园区还有哪些问题，明天（4月29日）的《市民与社会》，将是开幕前的最后一次直播，也许您已经参加过了试运行，也许您正在做功课制定自己的旅游功略，明天，我们会将金牌导游倪文灏再一次请进直播室为大家答疑解惑。有什么问题，尽管放马过来，看看能不能考倒金牌导游。

The first thing you have to make sure is: when is Expo site open to visitors?

The Expo site is open from 9：00~24：00, altogether 15 hours, while the time when the exhibition areas stay open is from 9：30~22：30, 13 hours altogether. Visitors are not allowed to enter the Expo site after 21:00 and most exhibition pavilions after 21:30. If you wish to pay a visit during standard days (May 4^th, 2010- Oct. 30^th, 2010 and Oct. 8^th, 2010-Oct. 24^th, 2010) after 17:00 at night, you can buy the evening ticket at any gate. The night ticket is 90 RMB/person. Still, the curfew begins at 21:00. (Visitors are not allowed to enter the site after 21:00.)

You may wonder, what’s left to do during 9：00~9：30 and 22：30~24：00 when all the pavilions are closed? Actually, Expo has much more to offer than just exhibitions. Each day, there will be over 100 shows going on in the Expo site, among which the most dazzling shows are the opening and closing ceremonies at the beginning and end of each day. During the Expo duration (184 days), there will be National Pavilion Day organized by each country. The opening ceremonies for Expo site opening and National Pavilion Days will start at 9：00~9：30. Therefore, it’s better for you to arrive half an hour before the site opens its gates and catch the morning shows at 9:00 sharp.

Second question: how can I get to the Expo site?

The Expo site has an impeccable transportation network. There are 13 gates and in the site , 5 in Pudong, 3 in Puxi, 4 water entrances along the Huangpu River and one metro gate.

The land entrances are around Houtan and Yuanyi Road, Changqing Road, Yaohua Road; South Pudong Road, Yaohua Road, Shangnan Road; Yuntai Road, South Pudong Road; Bailianjing , Expo Avenue(Puming Road), and Yilin Road.

The land entrances in Puxi section are around Luban Road, East Longhua Road; South Xizang Road, South Zhongshan No.1 Road; Bansongyuan Road, Baotun Road and Wangda Road.

The entrances along the Huangpu River are called “ water gates “, which are located in Qichangzhan(for group visitors), Qinghuangdao Road(for group visitors), Shiliupu(for group visitors) and Dongchang Road(for individuals)

The metro gate is Madang Road in Line 13, which is located in the cross section of Madang Road and Xujiahui Road. Visitors who take Metro line 9 can interchange to Expo special line 13 at Madang Road and enter the enclosed area after safety inspection.

It is estimated that there will be five hundred (500) turnstiles stationed in Madang Road stop!

Well I was still beating around the bush. Next, I am gonna show you for real how you can get to Expo site using the transportation system in Shanghai.

Let’s start with the metro first. Line 6 and 7 have a shared stop at West Gaoke Road, where there is shuttle bus at the exit bound for the Expo site.

And then line 7. At the exit of Houtan stop of line 7, there is an Expo site gate. Changqing Road stop where you can interchange to line 13 which is still under construction is another Expo site entrance. At Yaohua Road stop, where you can interchange to line 8, there lies the starting point of the Expo axis and also the biggest gate of Expo site. From the exit of Yuntai Road, you can enter the Asian exhibition area. At west Gaoke Road, where you can also interchange to line 6, there is a shuttle bus taking you to the entrance at Bailianjing.

If you take line 8, you can interchange to line 4 at South Xizang Road stop. At the exit of South Xizang Road, there lies one of the biggest gates of Expo Puxi Section – South Xizang Road entrance. And if you get off at Yaohua Road stop where you can interchange to line 7, you will see the biggest gate of Expo Pudong Section – Shangnan gate.

Line 9, you can interchange to Expo special metro line 13 at Madang Road and get into the Expo site by line 13 directly after a safety inspection.

Line 13 is an Expo special line, which you can take for free with an Expo admission. During the Expo, there are only three stops open – Madang Road stop, Lupu Bridge Road stop and Expo Site stop. Madang Road, near Xujiahui Road, is the only metro entrance inside the enclosed area and equipped with about 500 turnstiles for safety inspection. While Lupu Bridge stop and Expo site stop are both located inside the enclosed area and serve to transport the visitors in-between Puxi and Pudong sections.

Visitors coming from Jinshan, Fengxian, Qingpu and Chongming can take the outer suburb shuttle bus to line 7, 8 or 9 and enter the Expo site by metro. The routes are as follows:

Chongming Ximen Bus Station→South Yanggao Road Station of line 7,

Qingpu Bus Station→Sheshan Station of line 9,

Shihua Bus Station→Aerospace Museum of line 8,

Zhujing Bus Station→Songjiang Transportation Center,

Fengxian Nanqiao→Jiangyue Road of line 8,

Fengxian Fengcheng→Aerospace Museum of line 8

Besides, there are almost 90 public transportation routes that can reach Expo site. The public transportation department will open major bus stop lines, including 17、18、36、43、45、65、66、82、89、96、253、610、614、733、802、806、869、871、910、Zhounan line and so on.

At each transportation hub, the public transportation department will set up 16 Expo special bus lines, taking passengers to Houtan, Shangnan Road and Bailianjing gates. The network of hubs includes North Square of Shanghai Railway Station, South Square of Shanghai South Railway Station(a different hub from the previous one), North Square of Shanghai South Railway Station, East Transportation Center of Hongqiao, West Transportation Center of Hongqiao, Changfeng district, Wenshui Road hub of new Gonghe Road, Shanghai Stadium, Xinzhuang hub, Shanghai International Circuit, Wujiaochang hub, Hongkou Football Stadium, Yuanshen Sports Center, Chuansha, Pudong International Airport and Huinan town. 

If you are with the appointed Expo travelling agencies, there will be charted buses and provincial charted buses at all major travelling centers in Shanghai, Shanghai International Circuit taking you to the Expo site. The travelling agencies can also take boats to the site at Qichangzhan, Qinghuangdao Road and Shiliupu. While individual visitors can only use the water way at Dongchang Road. By the way, the shipping fee is not covered in the ticket.

Here, I’d like to remind you that if without permission, you can not drive through either in your private car or by taxi to the area extending from 500 meters to 1.5 mile outside the Expo site. There are 4000 Expo special taxis in the city allowed to enter the priority area after coordination. After 21:00, the auto restricted zone is open to all taxis.

By now, I believe you’ve had a rough idea of when and how to get in and out of the Expo site. Now it’s time to introduce to you the three-day Expo journey.

Day one

Arrive at Yaohua Road gate at 8:30. At the entry of the site, first make an appointment for visiting China Pavilion.

Individual visitors need to make appointments at the spot before entering any pavilion. But there is no such need if you are with a travelling agency. A hot pavilion like China Pavilion requires 100% appointment. So make appointments at the entry of the site in case you miss the chance. There are altogether 200 appointment machines for all the gates combined. You can consult the volunteers if you can’t find the machine. And there will also be volunteers next to the machine instructing you if needed. Carry your ID and ticket with you. After the appointment completes, you will get an appointment sheet. Keep it with you.

After appointment, you can embark on your joyous first-day journey now. Follow the Expo Axis and walk to the end, and you will find the Celebration Square, where there will be grand opening ceremony. After the ceremony, go to the Expo Center, where you can watch the National Pavilion Day opening ceremony. You might meet some national leaders or celebrities if you are lucky.

After the Expo Center, you can go to the Theme Pavilions. There are 4 pavilions: Urbanian Pavilion, Pavilion of City Being, Earth Pavilion and Public Participation Pavilion. Although the four pavilions are all in one building, you still need to line up for visiting each. You can choose the line with least people, which will save you a lot of time. I’d like to remind you that in principle, there are two visiting routes in each pavilion. One is fast route for visitors of brief stay; the other is slow route which I recommend you to take for visiting main pavilions and national pavilions. 

The Life Sunshine Pavilion in Urbanian Pavilion is worth a visit. This is the first pavilion for disabled people in the history of Expo. All the volunteers and guides are disadvantaged people. In the “Heaven’s Eye” area, it is all pitch black, and the blind volunteers will guide you to “see” the China Pavilion, Bird Nest, Oriental Pearl Tower and other buildings by simply touching them. This will give you a feeling of how these blind people live in their world.

There is a globe in the Earth Pavilion. In the globe, there is a big dome theatre.

After the Theme Pavilions, it’s almost time for lunch. If you take the route as I suggested, you will find there is a Chinese Food Street in-between the Expo Center and Theme Pavilions. There you can find all kinds of specialties and all 8 Chinese cuisines from 31 provinces, cities, autonomous regions and municipalities in China. There will be free tastings. But it will also be crowed, so I would suggest you sit down and enjoy paid meals.

After lunch, you can go to the shows in the Culture Center, where you can also get air conditioning to fan away the heat of the day. There are two free shows brought to you by Oriental Song and Dance Company everyday. Check the show time before you go.

After the show, you can walk to China Pavilion from the Culture Center. You will see Taiwan Pavilion first, which looks very special; however the LED lights in the globe is an eye catcher. Its designer also designed the 101 building in Taipei.

It will be 13:30 at this point, time for China Pavilion. It will take you at least 45 minutes in line, 2 hours if you have bad luck, so prepare yourself. But the unique design of the Chinese national Pavilion will shade you from the sun, which is called “self-shading”. In the designing process, the designers have already taken the lining-up situation into account.

After entry, you can take the elevator, which will bring you first to the floor of 49 meters. There you will see a rim of transparent floor made of toughened glass like the one in Oriental Pearl Tower. Through the transparent floor you will see the waiting square under your feet from a crazy height of 49 meters. There will also be a fantastic movie directed by Lu Chuan, whose work you can’t miss. Besides, there is a painting of “Riverside Scene on the Pure Brightness Festival”. A hundred (100) meters wide! The people in the painting can move!

After the 49 meters high floor, you can go to the 41 meters high one. You will visit it in a sightseeing car. The line will again be long, but it’s worth it!

At last it is the 33 meters high floor, introducing to you the future Chinese low-carbon city. You can get an idea of what your future living environment is like.

After the Chinese National Pavilion, you can visit the provincial, municipal and autonomous region joint pavilion next to it. Each province, municipality and autonomous region has 600 squares meters of space, all with distinctive features. There are also Macau Pavilion and Hong Kong Pavilion, again with 600 Square meters in coverage but definitely worth to pay close attention to. Especially in the Macau Pavilion, you can lie on the ground of the top floor and watch movies on the ceiling.

After the China Pavilion, you can take a rest and then go eastward to visit Oman Pavilion, Pakistan Pavilion, Israel Pavilion and Sri Lanka Pavilion. If you need help to find the route, go to the volunteers. The first three are self-built pavilion. And the Sri Lanka Pavilion is rental pavilion.

Cross the Road, you will find the Nepal Pavilion, which stores the millennial buddhist relics. The India Pavilion is next to it. After that you will see the Saudi Arab Pavilion, with the biggest investment among all the foreign pavilions – 1.5 billion RMB! There is the biggest IMAX cinema in the world, much bigger that the one in Peace Cinema. This pavilion is highly recommended.

After the Saudi Arab Pavilion, you may go to the Asia Joint Pavilion for a brief stay and then go to Morocco Pavilion. It is a glass box with African exoticness. Turkmenistan Pavilion and Qatar Pavilion beside it are rental pavilions, you can go through them briefly. Next you will see the “Dune” – United Arab Emirates Pavilion. It is definitely worth to visit. After Expo, it will be dismantled, brought back home and reassembled again in Abu Dhabi. You can go to United Arab Emirates if you miss it this time.

It is almost evening now. You can take a break and have some refreshment. The running water in the Expo site is clean enough to drink. You will see a food store at five minutes interval.

In the evening, you can visit Lebanon Pavilion, Iran Pavilion, Democratic People's Republic of Korea Pavilion, Asian Joint Pavilion and Uzbekistan Pavilion. After that you are in the Kazakhstan Pavilion. It is a self-built pavilion, not big, but like all the other self-built pavilions, it is highly recommended.

Cross the Road, you will see two other pavilions – Japan Pavilion and Republic of Korea Pavilion. There are Vietnam Pavilion and Asia Joint Pavilions in-between them, where you can take a brief look. The night view around Japan Pavilion and Republic of Korea Pavilion is nice. They are close to Huangpu River, at the cross section of Expo Park and Bailianjing Park. To feel the breeze in summer night is such a sweet thing to do.

Walking along the Expo Avenue to the Culture Center, you will see the parades if you are lucky. If you don’t see any, don’t feel upset. Walk to the Celebration Square for the closing ceremony.  All right, so much for day 1!

Day two

Again, arrive at the gate at 8:30. I recommend you to enter at the gate on Changqing Road. The first thing in the site again is making appointment. I recommend you to reserve for USA Pavilion, United Kingdom Pavilion, Belgium Pavilion, France Pavilion, and Swiss Pavilion in the afternoon or at night.

At the right hand of the Changqing gate is Thailand Pavilion. It is full of Thailand exoticness. Inside it, there is a green mascot “Atai”. You can take a photo with it. After the Thailand Pavilion, you will see a big iron building in front of it – Australian Pavilion. Australia attaches much importance to the Expo so it too is worth a visit.  On the right hand of Australian Pavilion, there is Singapore Pavilion which is round like a music box. It is not big, with a garden on its top where you can sit for a break. There is music fountain in the square. Next to the Singapore Pavilion is the Malaysia Pavilion, a typical southeast Asia building. There is a stage inside, which displays dancings of 47 ethnic groups in Malaysia. There is also introduction to tourism cities. After that, you are at the New Zealand Pavilion. There is Haka dance outside it. Inside it is the breath-taking view of New Zealand landscape, which is designed by the same group that worked out the special effects for the movie “The Lord of the Rings “. Once out of the New Zealand Pavilion, search for the building with a lot of bamboos shooting out of the roof, and that is Indonesia Pavilion. Between the New Zealand Pavilion and Indonesian Pavilion, there is Cambodian Pavilion, which is a rental pavilion. After that, you can walk to the Joint Pavilion of International Organizations, Brunei Darussalam Pavilion and Philippines Pavilion. After this whole grand tour, you can sit at the leisure square and take a break and some refreshments.

Next you can go on to the overpass, walk to the direction of Huangpu River and descend when you see the blue UN Joint Pavilion, which is a must see. The MeteoWorld Pavilion is the most spectacular and also the only self-built pavilion by an international organization. With good weather, you can see a rainbow outside the Pavilion. Walk ahead and you’ll see a tent-like white pavilion – the Red Cross Pavilion. The light blue one next to it is Pacific Pavilion. Outside Pacific Pavilion, there is the Theme Square, where there will be shows. Walk to the direction of UN Pavilion, there are two rental pavilions – The World Trade Center Association (WTCA) Pavilion and International Development Information Network Association (DEVNET) Pavilion.

It is almost noon now. Enjoy your lunch and get yourself replenished because we are going to have a wonderful journey. Cross Changqing Road near the UN Pavilion, you will see a basket woven by wickers, which is the Spanish National Pavilion. It is highly recommended. Near the Leisure Square at the gate, there are Morocco Pavilion and Serbia Pavilion. They are rental Pavilions but still very nice pavilions. Morocco Pavilion has nice lighting inside and Serbia Pavilion has a time machine theme. On the other side of the Leisure Square is Belgium – EU Pavilion, which has free and delicious chocolate inside. If you are well prepared, you can take the quiz of “How much do you know about Europe?” There will be diamond drawing every Monday to Saturday and a drawing of a European trip every Sunday. Next to Belgium - EU Pavilion is Poland Pavilion which is in a paper-cutting pattern with a café on the roof. Next to it is the Swiss Pavilion whose bright spot is the cable car. Its IMAX screen can’t compete with that of the Saudi Arab Pavilion. However, its exterior curtain can glitter. Take a picture at it with your flash light on, and it can turn wind power, light power into electricity. Next to it is France Pavilion, which is home to many art treasures, including The Age of Bronze by Rodin. Besides there will be 2010 couples holding their wedding ceremonies there. Next to it is German Pavilion. Inside it there is a ball which sways when you make big noise at it. There are many other interactive devices that are definitely fun to play with. Keep an eye on your belongs in case of pick-pockets and enjoy yourself!

After the German Pavilion, you can make your way to the Ireland Pavilion and Norway Pavilion. Norway Pavilion, not big, is a tree structure with 15 model trees and a semi-transparent roof. Next to it is Ukraine Pavilion and Iceland Pavilion. Walking on, you will see the Sweden Pavilion and Denmark Pavilion. The bicycles in Denmark Pavilion are worth to experience. 500 bicycles are all equipped with front brakes only, and back brakes are achieved by peddling the bicycles backward. And also its national treasure - the Little Mermaid is a must see. Next to Denmark Pavilion is Finland Pavilion. Finland people also attach much importance on Expo with service and exhibits as good as all other north European countries. Facing the Denmark and Finland Pavilion are Latvia Pavilion and Estonia Pavilion.

After Finland Pavilion, you can go to the opposite side by the overpass and keep on visiting the rental pavilions - Portugal Pavilion, Slovakia Pavilion and Czech Pavilion. Czech Pavilion is nice too. Next to it is Europe Joint Pavilion I and Pavilion II, which hold Hungary Pavilion, Bosnia and Herzegovina Pavilion and White Russia Pavilion.

After Hungary Pavilion, there comes Caribbean Community Pavilion and Cuba Pavilion, which is followed by Venezuela Pavilion and then Chile Pavilion. Inside the Chile Pavilion, there is a well. You can take a photo there, because on the other side of the earth from where you are standing right now through the well on the ground is where Chile sits. And the well is made to symbolize a passage from here to there. Next to it is Mexico Pavilion where you can find kites shade on its roof. But the main body of the pavilion is underground and very cool. After that, you can go on to Canada Pavilion, where you can enjoy fantastic shows brought to you by the Sun circus. After that is Peru Pavilion, home to amazing food. Then there are Columbia Pavilion and Brazil Pavilion. If you go there in June, there will be broadcast and replay of the World Cup. Out of the Brazil Pavilion, you will see USA Pavilion, but wait a second, make a turn and go visit Joint Pavilion of Central and South American Countries first, which was revamped from the workshop of Shanghai No.3 Iron and Steel Factory, very charming Pavilion. And then you can go on to USA Pavilion, where there is a waterfall and big screen at the entrance. USA almost missed the Expo because of the financial problem. So it is definitely worth to visit since it finally made it. It has a 4D multi-media movie display with special effect of wind and rain.

It is almost time for dinner. There are restaurants around USA Pavilion and many other choices.

After USA Pavilion there comes an array of rental pavilions: Argentina Pavilion, Slovenia Pavilion, South Africa Pavilion, Egypt Pavilion, Tunisia Pavilion, Algeria Pavilion, Angola Pavilion, Nigeria Pavilion, Libya Pavilion, Lithuania Pavilion and Croatia Pavilion. After that, there comes Russia Pavilion, a fairytale world with 12 petal towers. Move on you will see a half cut green apple, and that is Romania Pavilion. Get in for a movie. Then there comes another array of self-built pavilions – Austria Pavilion, Holland Pavilion and Luxemburg Pavilion. Then you will see Italy Pavilion built with half transparent concrete. Next to it is the glamorous United Kingdom Pavilion. It is small but very stunning indeed. Thousands of beaming tentacles swing with the wind. You can imagine what a stunning picture it makes.

Let’s finish the day by the last stop – Africa Joint Pavilion. It has an African fair in it where you can buy some souvenir. Out of the Pavilion, you will see an amusement park covering 10 hectares. Not a lot of fun there though, when 2014 comes, you can go to Disneyland in Shanghai. Yonder, there is the only wetland park in the city center – Houtan Park, nice place for lovers, but you might get mosquito bites in summer. 

Exit from Houtan gate, and you will see line 7. And that’s all for day 2.

Day 3

In the first two days, you’ve already covered most of the pavilions in Pudong Section. Many of you may think that Puxi Section is not as important, but if you know the history of Expo, you will find that corporate pavilions once played a very important role in Expos. Expo Shanghai 2010 prepared you a place called “Urban Best Practices Area” to display the efforts every country made in improving the quality of city life.

As usual, 8:30 ready at the gate. You can take line 8 and get off at south Xizang Road and you are at the biggest gate of Puxi Expo site.

The first building you see is the Jiangnan Shipyard Pavilion remodeled on old factory workshops. It is also called China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Pavilion. There you will learn the time-honored ship-building history of China. Also you will get a glimpse of the ship models including that of Zheng He. 400 years ago the precious ship of Zheng He in Ming dynasty was unmatched in the world. Columbus and Magellan were all late comers compared to him.

Out of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Pavilion and to the direction of Nanpu Bridge, you can go visit Private Enterprises Joint Pavilion where there are enterprises like Alibaba, Red Star Macalline and so on. And the Corporate Pavilion of Vanke follows. As the top Chinese property developer in China, it is loaded! The pavilion consisted of several gold straw houses and inside it you will see a projection of the Chinese cities in 2049. Next to it is Broad Pavilion. This is a company that makes air-conditioners. Its design is unique. The concept and design all reflected its theme - environmental protection. It took only one day to build this 8-floor pavilion with six times material conservation, five times of energy conservation, 100 % factory work and 1 % construction waste.

Afterwards move on to the Urban Best Practices Area. Leave other corporate pavilions to the afternoon. In the Urban Best Practices Area, Osaka Pavilion and Taipei Pavilion are very nice pavilions as well as Sao Paulo Case Pavilion of Brazil and Rotterdam Case Pavilion of Holland. After that you will see an overpass, take it and walk to south Zhongshan Road where you will find the most spectacular part in the Urban Best Practices Area – the north part building cases area.

Over there, you will find “Shanghai · Eco-Home”, telling you the innovations of modern living environment in Shanghai. And there is also a hundred-year old pawnshop from Macau called Tak Seng On. Up there is a Jinyong library where you can find your favorite martial art masters. If you are lucky, you might even bump into Jinyong at his book-signing fair. Besides these two places, Daming Palace in Xi’an and Ningbo Tengtou village are both nice cases. Talking of foreign cities, I recommend London- “Carbon Free” Pavilion, Hamburg- “Hamburg Home”, Makkah of Saudi Arab -“Tent City” and Madrid - “Bamboo House”. I forgot to mention that the Urban Best Practices Area” itself is an exhibit, all the lighting effects of which are designed from Lyon, France.

After this, you can walk to the south block by overpass again, where you will see a square called “Urban Square”. You can take shade under the tent there. The large tent there costs 2 million RMB each. In the center there is a stage. You can watch the human pyramid building from Barcelona. Under the chimney, there is the Pavilion of Future. You can visit it later in the afternoon. Now it is just time for lunch. The restaurant near the Pavilion of Future at the side of overpass is the biggest in Puxi Section.

The first stop in the afternoon is the Pavilion of Future, which is under the chimney. You might bump into me – Mr. Ni, again if you are lucky. In the Pavilion of Future, I will tell you what the future city life will be like and also the problems the cities are facing now as “the once future cities”. Pavilion of Future is very grand in size. So take your time and don’t get lost.

Afterwards, walk back to the corporate pavilion section. This time you are about to visit Space Pavilion, Information and Communication Pavilion and SAIC- GM Pavilion. The Space Pavilion looks like a white cloud. If you have never ridden in a plane, you can go up there and have an experience. Information and Communication Pavilion is jointly built by China Mobile and China Telecom. Take your cell phone with you and you will discover the truth of “limitless communication in an information era”. SAIC - GM Pavilion will take you on a ride of the city traffic in 2030.

After that, you can watch shows in the Exposition Square or have some fun over at the old dock of Jiangnan shipyard. Then move on to Aurora Pavilion, which is a must see for you if you are interested in collecting jade. If you are not, it is still good to get educated on Chinese jade culture. Outside Aurora Pavilion, there is China Railway Pavilion. Where there is a city, there is a railway. This pavilion is worth to visit if you are a travel lover. Next to the Railway Pavilion is Shanghai Corporate Joint Pavilion. It is very beautiful with Yu Qiuyu as its art director. The outer wall used discarded CD as its material. And it has many higho-tech elements inside, for example, the most advanced robot in the world – a robot also called “Haibao”. Next to the Shanghai Corporate Joint Pavilion is PICC (People’s Insurance Company of China) Pavilion. You can go there for a brief visit.

Next you can go to Jiangnan Park for a rest. At night you can go to Coca-Cola Pavilion. Just look for a big Coca Cola bottle and you will find it. After that go to the Space Home Pavilion, inside which exhibits the most advanced aviation technologies. Next you can go to the State Grid Pavilion. You need also to make an appointment before going there so that you can get in without lining up. There are interactive exhibits in the State Grid Pavilion and its design is quite fresh too. Outside of the State Grid Pavilion you will see the big screen of the China National Petroleum Corporation Pavilion. On the screen you’ll see what the Chinese petro industry has developed into now. Petro is power in today’s world! Near Huangpu River there is ROK Corporate Joint Pavilion where you can visit E-mart, Samsung, Hyundai and LG. You can take a photo as a souvenir because after Expo the building will be torn down and the materials will be turned into reusable bags and handed out to Shanghai citizens.

At last, you can go to the Expo Museum to get an overview of the 160-year long Expo history. Expo Museum and Entertainment Theatre is one building where you can watch shows there. After that, go on to the Pavilion of Footprint for a view of the city in the past. Next to Pavilion of Footprint is Japanese Industry Pavilion. Japan has always attached a lot of importance on Expos. It surely won’t let you down.

Afterwards, you can leave the site by the exit in Luban Road. At the exit, there is Lupu Bridge. You can pay 68 RMB for a bird view of the whole Expo site standing at the top of the bridge. For transportation, there is metro line 4 and bus lines such as No. 17, No.36 and No. 146 near Luban exit.

So this is my version of a 3-day journey to Expo. Again, make all the necessary appointments before hand. Wish you a nice trip! Have fun!

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