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Photos: Bikes in Shanghai
Bikes in Shanghai – the work horses of local industry, the transport of choice for many, and family cars for some. The engenuity of the bikes and the characters that ride them around Shanghai – and China for that matter – is worth a stop and gawk.
The source of the polystrene box bikes
Everybody knows that the tourist authorities in Shanghai have a constant flow of locals riding bikes overloaded with polystyrene boxes for foreigners to take pictures of and post to their Facebook friends. On a recent jaunt to the northern outskirts of town I’m happy to report that I found a whole street of these bikes [...]
Video: The Bund’s Wonka ride
One of the most convenient, expensive, and kooky ways to travel across the Huangpu River in Shanghai is the Bund Sightseeing Tunnel. I finally got around to doing this late last week armed with a regular point-and-shoot digital camera. The results are a bit sketchy but I’ve borrowed Gene Wilder’s voiceover from the boat ride [...]
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Thank you China sky dusters
I’m in Beijing this week showing my parents around the sites – which is amazing – but while my time is limited to flog on blog about it I thought I’d share a totally un-photoshopped photo of the blue skies. It does happen – sometimes. More about this trip later.
Photos: Trip to Wuxi
Last week we went on a short jaunt to Wuxi, an industrial town with a population of a lazy 4 million people and situated just an hour north-west from Shanghai. Known for it’s peaches, gardens, enormous Buddhas, and 3 kinds of white dishes the trip didn’t disappoint. When I get time I’d like to write [...]
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Shanzhai iPod Nano vs real Nano
In Shanghai it’s not uncommon to find shanzhai MP3 players at the various fake and tech markets, but, have you ever wondered if they actually work? I recently did a review of a 4th generation Shanzhai iPod Nano and compared it to the real thing for Australia’s biggest technology site, CNET.com.au. Today the photo gallery [...]
Bloggers beware: dogs attack
Material for a blog in Shanghai is a pretty easy task, simply walk down the street and you’re bound to walk into some sort of funny business – whether you were searching for it or not. And so it was a joyous occasion last week when I came across a small-ish pooch wearing a pink [...]
Miniature Shanghai – Tilt Shift Time Lapse
Sometimes when people with amazing talent are jobless they can muster some seriously interesting work. Take this time lapse of Shanghai from multiple angles by a guy named Joe Nafis. Pretty cool stuff: Amazing stuff. You can follow Joe via his Vimeo Page. Go on, give him a job so he can do more of [...]
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Rubber reviews
Safe sex is a serious issue in China. In Shanghai, just about every convenience store has a huge range of penis protectors and there’s even vending machines conveniently located near hairdressing salons on many of the inner city streets. Now, I’ve casually seen some of the names of the condoms available and had a good [...]
Happy National Day, China
Today is the start of a week’s holiday in China to celebrate 60 years of the People’s Republic of China and the Autumn Festival, collectively known as Golden Week. Expect fireworks. Expect parades. And expect to eat moon cakes. For those in China, you’ll hear many people saying “Guó qìng jié kuai le” which pretty [...]
National Day photo exhibition
To mark 60 years of the People’s Republic of China the Shanghai Exhibition Center is showing off some of the nation’s triumphs in photo form. We accidentally came across the show while taking a shortcut though the exhibition centre grounds – many locals were lining up to get in which is usually a tell-tale sign [...]
Where to buy glasses in Shanghai