20101022 Shanghai Expo (4: Kingdom of Cambodia)

Cambodia or rather, Ang Kor Wat is one of the 'must visit' place on my wish list. 

20101022 Shanghai Expo (3: Cradle of civilization)

The first pavilion that we visited is Turkey. My Istanbul colleague, Sibel, explained to us about her home country's history. Turkey is well known for its architecture and arts. Historical buildings and art galleries are my cup of tea ; I hope I will have the chance to visit this country one day.

The entrance of Turkey pavilion

Urfaman

Mother goddess

Handicrafts

Ice-cream!



20101022 Shanghai Expo (2: The performers)

I can tell that the performers were freezing in the cold but they still put up such a wonderful performance for us! Kudos to them!

Before the start of the performance

The performers

20101022 Shanghai Expo (1: The crowds)

We reached Shanghai Expo about 6plus in the evening. The crowds were still streaming in! Everyone was trying to catch the last glimpse of Expo before it ends on 31st October 2010.

Some snapshots as we joined the queue to enter the Expo

Can you imagine how this place looks like in the day time?

Expo 2010 Shanghai China 中国2010年上海世界博览会

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2010

Expo 2010 Shanghai China 中国2010年上海世界博览会 was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in the city of Shanghai, China, from May 1 to October 31, 2010. It was a major World Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since 1992. The theme of the exposition was "Better City – Better Life" and signifies Shanghai's new status in the 21st century as the "next great world city". The Expo emblem features the Chinese character 世 ('world', Chinese "shì") modified to represent three people together with the 2010 date. It had the largest number of countries participating and was the most expensive Expo in the history of the world's fairs. The Shanghai World Expo was also the largest World's Fair site ever at 5.28 square km. By the end of the expo, over 73 million people had visited; a record attendance and 250 countries and international organizations had participated. On October 16, 2010, the expo set a single-day record of having over 1.03 million visitors enter the exhibition that day

On Friday, most of the colleagues had already flown back. The colleague from Taiwan, Istanbul and I decided to visit the Shanghai Expo. Thanks to our Shanghai colleagues for the tickets.