It all begins when I spot a photo in another teacher’s classroom. It shows his wife and 2 children in what I assume are Mongolian or Tibetan robes, smiling in front of a vast green landscape. I must admit I’m not an expert on cultural clothing, the fact that we are in Shanghai definitely helps me make a guess. But right enough, this photo was taken on the Tibetan Plateau, somewhere near the border of the Chinese provinces of Gansu and Sichuan.
These are photos of a work trip in Guangxi province in the south of China. I work as an architect in Shanghai and our office was asked to help the…
There are many different ways to measure the size of a train station, passenger number (check out Japanese stations, the busiest is Shinjuku Station Tokyo), number of platforms (Grand Central…
Every morning on my way to work I would cut right through the heart of Shanghai, passing by modern shopping centers, old colonial buildings and the regularly updated skyline.
Some of the crazy things you’ll see on the metro in Shanghai.
A legendary hunter was chasing a tiger through the mountainous landscape of Yunnan in Southwestern China. Tired, desperate and yearning for his freedom the tiger came to a rocky outcrop…
Why we love it The hotel is super stylish and everything related to its design has really been thought about. The furniture has a traditional Chinese style, but done in…