The City with Cranes (everywhere)

While I was expected the dramatic music of “Shanghai Tan” playing in the background and the Huang Pu River running wild on the side as I approach the Bund. Well, that didn’t quite happened. Instead I was welcomed by cranes and construction detours. It is quite unfortunate that the Art Deco buildings at the river front are blocked by ongoing constructions for the 2010 world expo. But, all for the better future.



I was strolling down a side street on my way to the Old City and came across this sweet little local neighborhood. Historic houses which are a bit rundown but with a personal touch, street vendors on the main street in the community selling all sorts of fresh produces, alley ways that lead to the inner courtyards of the living quarters. I feel like I was transported to a different era. Something not from this mega metropolis.