Shanghai Street Scenes

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As I mentioned in my last post, I forgot to pack my camera. My friend had a film SLR, but I decided the film was too expensive. I'll go back with my digital camera in the Spring. These are all cell phone pics.

I'm an architecture junkie, so one of my favorite things about Shanghai was the mix of French, British and Chinese architecture.



A neat little cafe in the art district.

Influence of the British Occupation? (And notice the clean, wide streets! So different than my part of China.)

Comments

Busy Bee Suz said…
Very interesting. It looks a lot cleaner than where you were before. ;0
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Technodoll said…
Hard to believe these are cellphone pics, they're most excellent! Thanks for sharing :-)
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
myself said…
nice looking place!
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Its Just Me - Daring to Dream said…
Wow, there is such beauty in their simplicity. I feel like I was there through the pics..thanks for sharing!
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Scarlet said…
These photos are amazing! I love the cafe pic.
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
yrautca said…
Awesome pics but you should have totally spent the money on the film camera. That would have been 'baller'.

This face of China is so very different from the other face.
Monday, September 07, 2009
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