In only 55 seconds,
we will reach the observatory of Shanghai Tower.
Wow, we've arrived.
That was so quick!
Was that 118 floors in, like, 50 seconds?
Wow. Oh, my goodness, gracious me.
More than a decade ago, I first came to China,
and the city that I first came to was Shanghai.
And now I'm back again.
And just look at this view.
We're here on The Bund.
And no matter how many times
that I come back to Shanghai and see this view,
Oh just about to disturb someone's photo.
No matter how many times I come back
and see this view, I never get tired of it.
And many people also have the same feeling as me.
Look how busy is all coming to enjoy this view.
But we have a special mission today.
I've lived in China for more than a decade,
like I just said, but I have never been
to the top of the Shanghai Tower.
Although when I did first come to China,
I lived in Shanghai for three years,
and I got to see the Shanghai Tower
being built during that time.
But I left Shanghai before it was finished.
So now I'm finally back, and today we're going to
the top of the world's second tallest building.
And I'm very excited.
Although we've not got the best weather today,
the view just makes up for it.
It's still spectacular. I love this view.
I love this road as well.
The architecture, the old meets the new.
The mighty Huangpu River.
And there's quite a lot of tourists
from throughout different provinces in China also.
As the May holiday approaches,
it's going to get even busier.
Right so now, we're going to hop across.
We're going to go underground under
the Huangpu River on the metro.
It's only about two stops.
To the Tower.
And there's going to be a few
Americans watching this.
And they're going to be watching and thinking.
What the hell is that over there?
What is that?
How is that possible?
How is it possible that China is better than us?
Right.
There's going to be a lot of Americans
just trying, they can't work it out.
They can't work it out. Like, what is that?
How did they build this kind
of super mega structures?
Not just one of them.
There's two other super tall buildings over there.
Or more than that, you know, Americans, they just
they just can't fathom it.
I think that was an American who just walked past.
He gave me a bit of a bad look.
They can't figure it out.
How is China progressing at this kind of speed?
Whilst America slowly falls down
the world's rankings and loses its place
and standing in the world,
they can't understand what's going on.
This is East Nanjing Road now,
we'll just head down there to the metro.
Really busy with a lot of tourists.
And over here we have the famous Peace Hotel.
Now I've never actually stayed in that hotel,
so I guess we should try and book a night there
and give you a little tour around in another video.
Wow.
I've noticed now that I've started to see a lot
more foreigners here in China now that China
has opened up their tourist visas once again.
So foreigners are flocking back into China.
Right I have made it to the metro
now it is 5 o'clock
so we're going to get a chance to see
what it's like at rush hour here.
We will be going only two stop to Dongchang Road
to say that it's rush hour.
It doesn't seem too busy.
That is where we just were,
and we're crossing over to here, Dongchang.
I remember back in the day,
more than ten years ago, I used to take this
line every day to work during rush hour, too.
And the trick to it is to go to the end.
Usually the end carriages.
The end carriages are the least busiest.
But it looks like I may have made a mistake
because it looks so busy down there.
I think we'll just take one of these.
Inside the train now.
And actually, it's not so busy.
Okay, we have arrived.
I don't actually know which exit I should take.
I'll just take any.
You may have saw that I was using a paper ticket
to get out because I'm the only old
timer still using a paper ticket.
Actually, I haven't set up my phone,
so I can scan my phone.
But I did pay on WeChat. I didn't use cash.
I'm not that out of touch.
Speaking of WeChat, their biggest competitor.
Alipay's there, not a sponsor, by the way.
But now they owe me one big time.
There is the SWFC building now,
I have been to the top of that one
when I lived in Shanghai.
It was really good.
There is the Jin Mao tower.
I haven't been up to that one.
And there's the beauty in the background,
the Shanghai Tower.
Just going to pop up on this bridge
and have a look at the view.
Man, these views are just insane.
You can see the famous Pearl Tower
in the background there.
Everywhere you look, it's just skyscrapers.
And then you've got super
tall mega skyscrapers here.
Man, that is insane.
That is crazy.
And Shanghai, it looks so futuristic,
that the movie, the science fiction movie.
Her and Looper were filmed in Shanghai because
it looks like something from the future.
It's crazy.
It looks like we're in a science, I'm
in a science fiction movie right now.
Let's head inside.
I'm guessing it's this way.
This is the entrance.
Can see the list there of all
the tallest buildings in the world.
The Burj Khalifa, Number One.
Shanghai Tower, number two.
And the Makkah Royal Clock Tower.
Just in the lift now,
we're all crammed in like sardines.
Oh, it's moving already. My ears are popping.
Wow, that is fast.
My ears are popping.
the fastest speed is 18 metres per second.
In only 55 seconds,
we will reach Observatory of Shanghai Tower.
We have arrived at 118th floor.
We have arrived.
I'm the first one out.
Wow, we've arrived, that was so quick.
Was that 118 floors in like 50 seconds?
Wow. Oh, my goodness gracious me.
I'm not going to show you the view yet.
Hold on, I need to get down.
Wow.
This is the highest I've ever been.
It's the highest for me.
You can see the SWFC building there.
Man it dwarfs it.
I went up that one, thinking that was tall.
Now look at us looking down on that one.
We don't have the best weather today.
Little bit foggy.
Let's go look at the other side.
You can see that's where we came from.
Those little tiny dots there are people
at the beginning of the video,
that's where I was standing.
Wow. Look at this.
It cost me 180 RMB for the ticket.
I brought my passport, but you don't
actually have to use your passport.
While Dubai's Burj Khalifa holds the world record
for the tallest building, Shanghai Tower is
actually the tallest by height to usable floor.
The top floor of the Burj is 584.5 metres.
And the top floor of the Shanghai Tower
just beats it coming at 587.4 metres.
It also has the world's highest observation deck
and the world's fastest elevators,
travelling at speeds of 74 kilometres per hour.
Okay, ticked off the list. Done.
I guess now I have to go
to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
That is the end of this video and I
will see you in the next one.
Signing off.