Tag Archives: Shanghai
Where to buy glasses in Shanghai
Need new peepers? If you have your script handy there are plenty of places around town to get a stylish pair of glasses at a fraction of the cost you’d pay back home. When I was a wee new expat I was scratching my head at some of the asking prices of glasses around the [...]
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 [...]
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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I heart Shanghai taxi
Personally, I love the Shanghai taxi drivers – they almost always seem to know where to go even when a laowai like me is pronouncing the streets in the wrong tone. They even know where I’m meant to be going even when I say south instead of north. They are also pretty cheap by western [...]
Taser tennis, anyone?
For one reason or another it seems like this summer we’ve had quite a few bugs visit our apartment. For a couple of Australians this isn’t such a big deal – back home you grab a bottle of mozzie spray and poison yourself and others around you so the bastards don’t eat you alive at [...]
Alternatives to satellite TV in Shanghai
Chances are, if you had a western satellite TV provider then lately you may have noticed that just about all the channels have been blocked. Before forking out between 3000-5000RMB for an ‘authentic’ system – these won’t come with any guarantees by the way – maybe think about divvying up your budget with these alternatives. [...]
Even more crazy ways to keep cool in Shanghai’s summer
Sweating your arse off? Me too. Being a ginger I get all beetroot- faced at just the thought of the dial hitting 30 degrees. This week it’s been clocked at over 40 – well over ginger exploding point. To help the stupid foreigners our apartment complex recently distributed a magazine in English with a helpful [...]
Shanghai’s 1st Pride Festival
I’ve heard and read so many conversations about this week’s anniversary (all in English, mostly by idiots) that I’m not sure adding my 2 cents – especially while living in China – is worth anyone’s useful time. So, for a moment, I’d like to talk about gay penguins. Yes, gay penguins – hear me out. [...]
Shanghai Metro gets sharks, no frickin’ laser beams