Saturday Biking to Nanpu Bridge, Feast at Guyi

Saturday morning, J. and I went on a quick bike ride back to Nanpu bridge. I wanted to try photographing some of the demolished buildings before it started raining. The clouds were fast-moving and more menacing than the last weekend when it poured, so I assumed the weather would be worse. But for our whole trip, there wasn’t a drop of rain.
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Frolicking topiary Haibo.
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Man lighting fireworks in the street to celebrate a store opening. Boom!
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A man points with joy from the entrance of the store.
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Mother and child watch the explosions.
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A battery of firecrackers is lit with a cigarette amongst the scraps of the last round.
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Firecrackers cracking.
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A man, a rickshaw, and a corner full of boxes.
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Collecting used beer bottles.
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Casual noodle stall.
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Man and rubble with Nanpu Bridge in background.
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A quaint lane amongst the rubble of semi demolished older buildings.
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Pathway through the rubble.
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Old versus new.
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Construction worker tends to some metal poles.
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Cart with reclaimed wood.
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All along the watchtower.
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Pigeon coops under a menacing sky.
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More rubble.
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Worker repairing shovel with welds.
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Crew trying to drive a dump truck over bricks.
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Blue warehouse by the river.
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The muddy, smelly, and torn up road by the river.
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Power box.
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Nanpu bridge towers over old buildings.
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Long truck causes traffic jam.
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Taxi cab, crushed.
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Gate blocked by beer at a floating restaurant near the bridge.
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The beer gate.
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The dragon boat restaurant.
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Elevated highway, dust, and bus.
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Onramps.
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Little dog in little alley.
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An inaccurate globe marks the Hexie development.
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Nice little neighborhood.
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Temporary bamboo screens.
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Freshly paved major road.

For dinner, we met a friend from work and three of his friends from Singapore. Our restaurant was called Guyi, a higher-end and well respected maker of Hunan cuisine. With a group of six, lots of spicy and delicious dishes could be ordered.
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Snacks at Guyi: peanuts and spicy preserved vegetable.
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Spicy cucumber and fungus.
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Spicy chicken and bamboo shoots.
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Cumin-crusted ribs.
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Prawns on sticks.
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Fat and stems.
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Famous fish with spicy pickled topping.
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Batter fried potato in crispy syrup.

After our late dinner, the evening was cool and windy. We came home and I struggled to get a decent connection for multiplayer Crysis Wars as J. knitted a blanket.

3 Comments


great textures and patterns, nik!

anne

Ben Z.:

Your photos and observations are great and entertaining. Seems like you have been out there for a while now.

Nik:

It has felt like ages, even though it has only been months.

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August 8th, 2009. Categories / China, Shanghai

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