China '07: Suzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai

Pictures from Richard: China Trip Part 2

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NEXT DAY: EARLY FLIGHT TO SHANGHAI...

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JACKIE CHAN AND YAO MING (A SHANGHAI NATIVE) HAWKING AN OLYMPIC VISA CARD

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ONTO A BUS FOR A 1.5 HR DRIVE TO SUZHOU. CHINESE DRIVING IS WILD, NEAR CHAOS: IT'S EVERYONE FOR THEIR OWN

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MY TRAVELING BUDDY, PATRICK

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ANOTHER NICE HOTEL...

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...BUT WHAT'S WITH THE WINDOW AND BLINDS IN THE SHOWER???

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THIS IS HOW POWER STAYS ON IN ALL OUR HOTEL ROOMS -- LEAVE THE KEY IN THE SLOT

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WE SPENT A PLEASANT AFTERNOON IN "LINGERING GARDENS"

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RECEPTACLES FOR "ORGANIC" AND "INORGANIC" GARBAGE

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DINNER IN A REALLY FLASHY RESTAURANT...

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MOST OF OUR RESTAURANTS CAME WITH A NUMBER OF YOUNG FEMALE "GREETERS"

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LIBERACE WAS NOT TO BE SEEN...

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...HOWEVER, WE WERE ENTERTAINED NEXT TO OUR TABLES...

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...AND THE FOOD WAS YUMMY!

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INTO THE SUZHOU NIGHT...

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LATER, PATRICK AND I ROAMED THE STREETS NEAR THE HOTEL...

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...WE WENT TO A MALL...

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...CHINA LACKS FOR NOTHING; IT'S AS WESTERN AND CAPITALIST AS ANYWHERE IN THE U.S.

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YOU'D THINK WITH THIS MANY REGISTERS, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY LINES, BUT NOOO...

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OUTSIDE, THERE WAS FOOD FOR SALE IN THE STREET, BUT WE DIDN'T PARTAKE...

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CAFES AND SMALL STORES LINED THE BUSY STREETS, WHICH WERE FULL OF PEOPLE AND BIKES AND CARS.

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IN THE HOTEL LOBBY, A GENIAL ARTIST MADE PERSONALIZED SCROLLS AND FANS, WHILE A COVER BAND IN THE BAR PLAYED '80s SONGS

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NEXT MORNING: THE CALL OF THE VENDORS: "HELLO! HELLO! ONE DOLLAR! TWO FOR A DOLLAR!"

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PARKING OUTSIDE THE MALL IN SUZHOU

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PLOWING THRU TRAFFIC. A CONSTANT ADRENALINE RUSH--BREATHTAKING NEAR-MISSES AND TRAFFIC GOING IN ALL DIRECTIONS!

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OUR SOUTHERN TOUR LEADER, "FRANK." HIS BROTHER "PETER" LED BUS 2.

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FIRST STOP: THE SILK FACTORY. HERE A WORKER RETRIEVES SILK FROM COCOONS AND STRINGS IT UP

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WE HELPED STRETCH THE SILK FABRIC

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THEN OFF TO THE SHOWROOM! I GOT PILLOWCASES IN PATTERN #2. SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A BEDSPREAD TOO.

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ON TO TIGER HILL PARK, LOVELY GARDENS...

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SEE THE BUTTERFLY?

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OVER THE BRIDGE...

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...AND UP THE HILL...

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...TO A 1,049 YEAR OLD TOWER WHICH LEANS A BIT, LIKE THE YOUNGER ONE IN PISA.

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MORE GOOD ADVICE

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ON THE WAY OUT, A HULA HOOP. JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ODD JUXTAPOSITION.

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TIME TO GET PICS OF OUR BUS COMPANIONS: HERE ARE MIKE, RON, MARTHA AND KELLIE

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KARIN, SHEILA AND PATRICK

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JIM AND MARILYN (back), ELLEN AND KEN (front)

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MARILYN AND RAY. HAD A NICE LONG CHAT WITH MARILYN ON THE FLIGHT TO SHANGHAI

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HERE ARE TOM, DOROTHY, MICHAEL AND BARBARA

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KELLIE AND SHEILA - SMILE!

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UPSTAIRS FROM THE LUNCH ROOM, THESE WERE ON DISPLAY. COCKTAILS, ANYONE?

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OUTSIDE, WE FED THE FISH

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NOW IT WAS TIME FOR A NICE CRUISE ON THE GRAND CANAL, WHICH RUNS FOR 1500 MILES FROM BEIJING TO HANGZHOU

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THE BOAT RAN CLOSE TO THE WATER LINE. WE WATCHED THE NEIGHBORHOOD GO BY AROUND US, AND IT WATCHED US BACK

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A MAN RELAXES AT HIS "BACK DOOR"

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WE SAW LAUNDRY BEING WASHED IN THE RIVER AT THE END OF STAIRS LIKE THIS...

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...AND HUNG OUT TO DRY

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OLD AND NEW COEXIST. AND SO VERY MUCH IS NEW!

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NOTE THE RED LANTERNS ALONG THE CANAL. MAYBE JUST FOR TOURISTS? NICE TOUCH NONETHELESS

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THERE ARE OVER 100 BRIDGES IN SUZHOU

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THEN WE DOCKED NEAR A ONE...

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...CROSSED OVER IT...

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...AND FOUND A BUSTLING STREET MARKET

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I GOT A JADE RING (WHICH LATER BROKE, SO I GOT ANOTHER) AND SOME MAO KITSCH

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SHEILA AND KELLIE STOP TO CHAT WITH A THREE-YEAR-OLD AND HIS MOM

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MEN SIT AND PLAY WHAT LOOKS LIKE "GO"

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TOO CUTE FOR WORDS

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IN THE STREET MARKET

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A MODEST BUSINESS STOREFRONT

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ANOTHER STREET NEARBY WAS NOT SO CLEAN OR LIVELY -- BUT THIS IS ALSO REAL LIFE FOR MANY STILL

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BAMBOO BEHIND PLEXIGLASS: A UNIQUE URINAL ON A REST STOP DURNG THE INTERMINABLE BUS TRIP TO SHANGHAI

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OUR SHANGHAI HOTEL, AND ONE OF THE FEW NATIONAL FLAGS I SAW

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ALL OUR ROOMS CAME EQUIPPED WITH MANY DOZENS OF CHANNELS, MOST IN CHINESE, BUT WE TOOK REFUGE IN CNN AND HBO

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OUR HOTELS ALSO CAME WITH GYMS, POOLS, RESTAURANTS, BARS AND MASSAGE SERVICES (SOMETIMES IN OUR ROOMS)

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NEXT DAY: THE BIKE COMMUTE, MANY OF WHICH WERE ELECTRIC. THE STREAM SEEMED GO ON AND ON...

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THE TEA PLANTATION

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FRANK TOOK US TO THE MEI JIA WU TEA PLANTATION...

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...WHICH HAD A LOVELY COURTYARD

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WE HAD A VERY ENTERTAINING PRIMER ON TEA: HOW TO PREPARE...

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...SERVE...

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...AND DRINK IT

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THIS IS FLOWER TEA. COOL, EH?

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HERE'S THE FATHER OF TEA, LU YU

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AT LUNCH, SOME OF US TACKLE CHOPSTICKS...

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...AND WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT OUR BEER IS "FREE FROM FORMALDEHYDE"

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HERE ARE A FEW OF THE 319 CARVINGS IN THE ROCKY GROTTO AND CAVES AT LINGYIN HILL...

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...THE CARVINGS PARALELL A WOODED PATH THROUGH THE PARK...

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...WHICH IS DOTTED WITH PAGODAS, BRIDGES AND STATUES...

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...THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES ON THE WHOLE TRIP -- BUT THERE WAS MUCH MORE...

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...A SERIES OF WONDERFUL TEMPLES UP LINGYIN HILL. THIS IS THE FORMAL ENTRANCE...

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...TO ONE OF THE MAJOR CENTERS OF BUDDHISM IN SOUTHERN CHINA.

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MONKS AND PILGRIMS

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ALL UP AND DOWN THE HILL, VISITORS LIT INCENSE...

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AND PRAYED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE TEMPLES.

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HERE ARE SOME OF THE DEVOTIONAL ELECTRIC CANDLES...

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THE SIGN REMINDS VISITORS THAT DEVOTION IS MORE THAN INCENSE

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INSIDE THE TEMPLES WERE HUNDREDS OF STATUES AND CARVINGS OF BUDDHAS...

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...AND WILD-LOOKING KINGS...

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...EACH MORE ORNATE THAN THE NEXT. THE CEILINGS WERE DECORATED WITH PHOENIXES AND DRAGONS...

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HERE, A ROW OF BRONZE STATUES

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THE DETAIL WAS AMAZING

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IN THE GRAND HALL OF THE GREAT SAGE...

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...IS THE LARGEST WOODEN BUDDHA IN CHINA, CARVED FROM CAMPHOR, COATED WITH GOLD...

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INSIDE, LOOKING OUT AT THE NEXT TEMPLE

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NEARBY, AN ELABORATELY CARVED STONE MURAL

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LOOKING DOWN THE HILL WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT

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I WOULD LOVE TO GO BACK AND HAVE MORE TIME TO EXPLORE THE TEMPLES

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THE SIGN AT THE GATE SAYS "THE WESTERN PEACE IS WITHIN REACH"

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NEARBY, WE TOOK A CRUISE ON "WEST LAKE," A HONEYMOON DESTINATION CROSSED BY THREE WILLOW-LINED CAUSEWAYS

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A VARIETY OF BOATS CRUISED THE WATERS ON THIS HAZY, SMOGGY DAY.

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PAGODAS DOTTED THE SHORE. THE LAKE WAS INSPIRATION FOR KUNMING LAKE AT BEIJING'S SUMMER PALACE

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DESPITE THE SMILE, WE WERE ATTACKED BY FLIES THE WHOLE TIME!

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ON THE BOAT ON WEST LAKE, HANGZHOU

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BACK ON LAND, WE WALKED THROUGH A LOVELY PARK...

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...ACROSS A BRIDGE...

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...TO A PEACEFUL GARDEN...

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FROM SUBLIME TO... A "KNOCK-OFF" STORE, FULL OF GUCCI BAGS...

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...AND "FAUX-LEXES" (FAKE ROLEXES), AMONG MANY OTHER KNOCK-OFFS

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GOODBYE, HANGZHOU... ANOTHER IRRESISTIBLE SIGN ON THE INTERMINABLE DRIVE TO SHANGHAI: "TOILETMAN"

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THE GLISTENING LOBBY OF OUR LAST HOTEL. ALL THE HOTELS' STAFF WERE HELPFUL EVEN IF THEIR ENGLISH WAS MEDIOCRE

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THE VIEW FROM OUR HOTEL ROOM, BY NIGHT...

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...AND THE NEXT MORNING, OUR LAST FULL DAY IN CHINA.

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NEED ADVICE? SOME ATM'S USED THIS WORD INSTEAD OF "RECEIPT"

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I COULDN'T RESIST THIS FISH TANK AT OUR BREAKFAST BUFFET (ALL OF WHICH WERE SUMPTUOUS)

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ON TO THE HUANGPU RIVERFRONT FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF SHANGHAI

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FROM HERE WE COULD SEE "THE BUND," FORMERLY EUROPEAN BANKS AND HOTELS FROM THE '30s

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JIM WAS HERE IN 1946 AND REMEMBERED THE CLOCK TOWER. HE'S RETURNED WITH MARILYN.

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BEHIND US, PUDONG, THE NEW FINANCIAL DISTRICT...

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..AND THE ORIENTAL PEARL TV TOWER, THE TALLEST TOWER IN ASIA

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CHINA IS BOOMING. THERE IS CONSTRUCTION EVERYWHERE!

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WE WERE CONSTANTLY TOLD "THIS WASN'T HERE 10, 15 YEARS AGO." HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE IN ANOTHER 10 YEARS.

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THE MIDDLE CLASS IS GROWING FAST.

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SO IS TRAFFIC! NOTE THE ELECTRONIC SIGN SHOWING TRAFFIC DENSITY ON LOCAL STREETS! WE COULD USE THAT HERE.

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WE TOOK AN UNSCHEDULED TRIP ON THE MAG-LEV TRAIN TO THE NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

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HERE'S THE TRAIN STATION, OUTSIDE...

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...AND INSIDE...

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...AND HERE COMES THE TRAIN!

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INSIDE IT WAS SMOOTH AND COMFORTABLE.

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WHIZZING PAST THE CITY...WE COVERED THE 25 MILES IN 7 MINS. 21 SECONDS. IMAGINE THAT TIME TO GET TO SEA-TAC!

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HERE'S THE TRAIN'S MAXIMUM SPEED: 269 MILES PER HOUR

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THEN ON TO A CARPET FACTORY

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HERE A WORKER USES AN ELECTRIC CLIPPER TO ADD THE GROOVES IN THE CARPET

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SOME SAMPLES OF THE FACTORY'S OUTPUT

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THIS IS CHINATOWN. YES, CHINATOWN, A PICTURESQUE SHOPPING DISTRICT

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EAST MEETS WEST.

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HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF GREEN CONSCIOUSNESS, WHICH I SAW HERE AND THERE

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AT NIGHT, CHINATOWN LIT UP

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THOUGHT THIS WAS AN INTERESTING FLUKE OF A PICTURE

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OUR FINAL RESTAURANT. CAN YOU STAND IT?

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WE DROVE THROUGH THE BUND. THESE SHOTS FROM THE BUS DON'T DO IT JUSTICE

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MAJESTIC BUILDINGS ALL BATHED IN SILVER AND GOLD LIGHT

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THE VERY PARTIAL NIGHT SKYLINE... OUR GROUP NIXED A RIVER CRUISE SO WE COULD PACK FOR AN EARLY FLIGHT

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...BUT PATRICK AND I GOT A CAB TO EDDY'S, A SHANGHAI ALTERNATIVE NIGHTSPOT

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AS PATRICK SAID, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE

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HERE'S SOME OF THE DECOR, CHINA IN SUMMARY: COKE AND REVOLUTION, THE MASSES MARCHING UNDER THE BANNER OF CAPITALISM