Travel Blog Posts
November 29th 2009
Shanghai is a really strange place. It's a city full of such insane contrasts... a Rolex shop around the corner from people barely scraping by in little hovels. There are so many hockers, scammers, pushers, and prostitutes all over the place, if I never hear "bagswatchesbagswatches" ever again it will be too soon. The Moganshan art district is a definite part of this contrast, little galleries and art spaces in old industrial warehouses selling highend artwork. While exploring the ramshackle buildings was as exciting if not more so than seeing the work there was some incredible stuff on display here, the modern Chinese art scene is definitely on its game. Everywhere you turn here there is construction going on, something old getting knocked down to make room for something new. Construction workers in Shanghai don't look ... read more
November 25th 2009
Dodging motorcycles, taxis, buses, scooter, bicycles, tricycles, carts and just about anything else with wheels both on and off the sidewalk is the first thing one has to learn in Shanghai if they wish to survive. Pedestrians are at the very bottom of the getting around totem pole and are expected to behave as such or suffer the consequences.... read more
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