day 5 and good bye expo

the last day at expo!!!! aarrghh.....we were planning for a slow slow day. no pavilion chasing...just need to cover 2 or 3 big ones and let the queue decide the rest.

first stop.....RUSH!!!!........japan pavilion!!! don't have a photo to show because we were rushing and by the time we arrived at the queue, the sign said we were 2 hours away from the entrance. sigh....first thing in the morning also already so congested.

i had my breakfast of bread while in the queue and then managed to cover a few chapters of the novel i brought along.

the japanese staff on duty were so kawaii in their outfit. theirs was cute while italian's were chic (head to toe in prada!!). i love the outfits of the staff in these two pavilions.
japan's pavilion showcased their futuristic robot which can play the violin and canon's futuristic camera (i want one!!!) and also a story of red crest ibis (a bird) conservation. very interesting. ooh...and there is the toyota one-seater vehicle.

there is no shop or restaurant attached to japan's pavilion.....disappointed....i was getting ready to buy some cute stuff actually.

well, after japan, we decided to go and check south korea's which is next door, but decided to skip. the queue was too long.

we decided to go over to puxi side of the expo area then to explore those corporate pavilions.
so we went across the river in this:

free ferry to cross huangpu river.

we entered republic of korea business pavilion and then laze around. wanted to go into japan's business pavilion...but the queue was damn long. i think they also showcased robots inside.

so we took a bus and went to those urban planning cases where they exhibit energy-saving lifestyle in the city.

hamburg house.
i think this is london's ubpa case.
coca-cola pavilion.
there was nothing much to see inside actually. just 2 videos like the cheezel commercial you see in the cinema. animation of how you get coca-cola once you put the coin into the vending machine.
dad said this was the only pavilion where no one cut queue. the queue was not long and there was a lot of space so i guess everyone was in a more relaxed mood.
aaahh.....refreshingly icy coca-cola for each visitor to coke pavilion. yes, the foam formed when air gets into the coke bottle really turns into ice when you twist open the cap and then quickly close it again. that was what we were told to do. is it a new coke?? i dont think so. maybe it is the temperature in which the bottle is kept. 2.2 degree celcius???

went back to pudong site on ferry again an 7 plus to see which pavilion has short queue.

south korea pavilion.
had a funny story here.
we were queuing halfway when the korean staff pushed us into the green lane specially for disabled and those above 75 years old. we have uncle pek to thank for this short cut. they thought he was that old as he was hobbling along because of his bad knee. we of course did not protest and managed to cut our queuing time by more than 30 mins.
korean characters form the facade of the pavilion.
inside korea pavilion.
united arab emirates pavilion.
the last pavilion we entered and we were in the last batch who queued up too. uncle pek did not join because he had had enough for the day. dad and i only queued for about 20 mins. during the daytime, the queue can reach more than 2 hours for this pavilion.
so this marks the end of my adventure at shanghai world expo 2010. it is definitely a memorable one. some of the pavilions really did a good job in promoting sustainable energy and promoting a better living environment for the future generation. i will constantly remind myself to help sustain our beautiful earth too. keeping my fingers crossed that whatever i see are not only for show and tell but are actually done in practice in the respective countries.