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The final day and after breakfast I headed for the airport. I took the Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) train, which sped me the 30 kilometres to Pudong Airport in about 8 minutes. Reaching speeds of 431 kilometres per hour, I watched […]
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One day left and I gave myself a bit of a break today. I took some shots around my hotel area, including the shantytown along the Suzhou River that is soon to be demolished to make way for new apartments. […]
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Not long now before I return to the UK. Today involved a trip to Lingan, 30 miles southeast of downtown Shanghai, with its New Harbour Town. This consisted of a patchwork of developments, many in mid-construction, spreading itself around the […]
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A proper wet Shanghai day where the heavy clouds loom above your head dropping the light to almost dusk. My driver – I still don’t actually know his name and we communicate by nods and smiles whilst pointing at road […]
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The ‘Italian’ town of Pujiang is on a large scale and designed, so I was informed by their vice marketing manager, in a contemporary manner. I met him in the sales office and I explained that I am working for […]
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My driver took take me to Gaoxiao (Dutch town) and Luodian (Swedish town). Both excellent locations in terms of what I was looking for and the weather was ideal. As usual, it was tricky negotiating access into residential areas, but […]
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Arranged driver for 7am and headed for Thamestown again as the conditions were ideal, being slightly overcast. However, it’s really tricky to predict the weather, as it’s so changeable – a bit like being back home. As a result, I’m […]
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Yesterday was a trip to Thamestown so I got the underground, bus, train and motorbike taxi, taking almost 3 hours each way. This is not great. Anyway, Thamestown is as it had been described. A low-rise of Edwardian, Regency and […]
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I was amazed at how bad I was at table football and how seriously it's taken by those who are good at it. At the ex-pat bar I was partnered with my trusty Chinese fixer, Joshua, and being of a […]
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It’s a day since I arrived which makes it Thursday, I think. After an eleven-hour flight (not enough sleep) I grabbed a few extra hours yesterday and tried to get my bearings if that is possible when surrounded by skyscrapers […]