Oriental Land is an 'Oriental theme park' about an hour's drive outside of Shanghai on the shore of a massive lake, with the centre piece of the military displays being an artificial full scale aircraft carrier! It's a truly bizarre place, but the hardware is fascinating. If you find yourself in Shanghai and you have a day to spare, look out for it. At present there is no other way of getting there direct except by car, so I took a taxi, which was expensive, even for China, where travel by taxi is usually cheap for wealthy Western tourists. The way back was more conviluted, since I chose not to return by taxi owing to the cost, and took a bus to the nearest town, hoping for a bus into Shanghai, but couldn't find one, so, caught a taxi to Honqqiao airport and from there I caught a train back to the city. That all took around two and a half hours! The underground rail network is expanding to take in Oriental Land in future, so such a laborious means of getting there and back won't be necessary in future.
Anyway, a few images and link below to more. Read the captions to the images for more information.
Chinese aircraft carrier
Xian H-6
Harbin H-5
Type 96 Main Battle Tank
Type 033 submarine 280
The carrier deck
Link to page: Oriental Land
Anyway, a few images and link below to more. Read the captions to the images for more information.
Chinese aircraft carrier
Xian H-6
Harbin H-5
Type 96 Main Battle Tank
Type 033 submarine 280
The carrier deck
Link to page: Oriental Land
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