Shanghai at Night
Visited Shanghai on the first night of our 10 days in China. Late afternoon sky is orange as the setting shine illuminates the famously thick atmosphere. Hungry and tired, dinner at HaiXing Market. Then a walk to down Nanjing road to the river with my Fujifilm X100VI around my neck.
Apartment buildings, orange sky, from the highway, 5:30 PM.
Tao at the river. Slightly after 10 PM, most of the lights on the skyline shut off to save electricity.
This photo is taken with my Fujifilm X100VI. Felt like a real Fuji bro when I snapped this motion-blurred image of an electric bus zooming around Shanghai. This camera is perfect, I tell myself as I test my panning ability. It is a lightweight camera and a joy to use.
Tao found a deal on dinner at a popular place in the mall. This fish was tender and had many bones to watch out for. The chili and peppercorns on top were delicious and spicy. The sauce was sweet and soy sauce. loved this dish.
This robotic woman turned a mill by pushing on this crank showing a part of the candy making process
The iconic skyline after the lights go out. I love the river boats going by.
a bell on nanjing pedestrian road
The bicycles are densely packed on the sidewalks. The bikes are dockless and pedestrians have to walk on the street. This building reminded me of the architectural style of some New England universities such as Yale and UConn.
Me being a tourist.
The whole street is a retail hub. This is where I found out that I would need to setup wechat with a bank account in order to pay for anything here. No one uses cash or credit cards. Only WeChat pay or AliPay. So my wife paid for everything while we were here.
Tao and her Nikon Z6 ii + Tamron 2.8 / 24-70. It’s a workout to wield this camera.
Road work with cones around a man hole.
Bike rental options
I thought, initially, that these people were waiting for a product to be released. But they were just sitting. The apple store was open and they were advertising the iPhone 16e.
This Ferrari sounded very nice. I am glad to see that some people flaunt their wealth with beautiful cars in Shanghai.
Advertisement outside the mall for a bidet toilet seat. These are pretty much standard in Japan but may be catching on in China. I wish the USA would catch up! We love Bidet!
These London Plane trees look like sycamore trees. Sycamore trees remind me of Yale. China already reminded me of Yale.
