Shanghai - 10 more tips

1) There seem to be public toilets everywhere in the central shopping areas.
2) It is useful to have a small purse pack of tissues as public toilets often run short.
3) There will often be an option of Eastern or Western toilets.
4) Newer more modern places, particularly designer shopping malls tend to have western style loos.
5) They do security checks of your bags at metro stations.
6) They seem to have soldiers at subway stations, they look amazing, I had to do a double take to make sure they were real.
7) Of course, taking a photo of soldiers is a big no, no.
8) Metros stations I went to all seem so big and clean.
9) Trains run quite often.
10) As with undergrounds all around the world, reorienting yourself with where you are once you get out, is often the tricky bit.