Bund Sightseeing Tunnel

At last we visited the famous Bund area. We decided to take the Bund sightseeing tunnel built under the Huangpu River which had been packaged with a few other exhibitions. The tunnel its self wasn’t all that.. And certainly not for those who suffer from epilepsy. It was a regular little cable car that went through a regular tunnel only a poor light show was going on (looked like a bunch of Christmas lights bought from B&Q hardware store). They also had a few puppets being blown around by some kind of fan. Needless to say, we weren't fans of the ride but we did it twice, as we couldn’t be bothered to walk further along to find an alternative route across the Huangpu River.

First exhibition was the Deep Water Sea Exploration (so called). On the photo there was an exotic fish, swimming over the coral reef. When we went in there were a bunch of fish tanks with less than tropical fish inside (found more tropical fish in our local Fish & Chip shop). They did however have some cool looking turtles swimming around. They looked just like the ones in Finding Nemo. They had something going on whereby the locals would throw money on some of the sea life models. There was a live turtle in a tank that had loads of cash on his back. I think he must have been the richest turtle on the planet (soon to be floated on the stock market also I think…get it?…floated!)

Next we went to the Sex & Health Exhibition. Well heck it was paid for so may as well make the most of it. Although we were expecting something odd, this took the biscuit. Had nothing whatsoever to do with health. They had all sorts of phallic sculptures on display. Some warped minds must have created them I tell you. On to the next exhibit!

The next was the Fantastic Sound World Exhibition which to be quite honest…sucked big time. We all went in & sat round a large boardroom table (as if entering a séance), put some earphones on, then lights went out (pitch black) and then the show started (without an introductory to any of this). I think they were aiming to give a sense of spooky atmosphere through sound. It was more like a bunch of people clacking chairs, stirring a spoon in a cup of coffee vigorously & going "Mwaaaahahaha" in your ear (all in Chinese). It was the biggest waste of time since I don't know when.