Nanyuan Ningbo

... the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Burtynsky makes large-scale photographs of 'manufactured landscapes' - quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines, dams. He photographs civilization's materials and debris, but in a way people describe as "stunning" or "beautiful," and so raises all kinds of questions about ethics and aesthetics without trying to easily answer them. The film follows Burtynsky to China as he travels the country photographing the evidence and ...

... a major production centre for small and micro bearings. Like most Chinese cities in South China, this too is a city vibrating with life. NIght life is active with numerous KTV bars in operation and alongwith Chinese restaurants, the city has a fair no of KFC's , Mcdonnells and Pizza Huts. Continental food however is mainly restricted to restaurants in hotels.

Reached Ningbo after another 4 hour bus trip, all on modern highways. 20 years ago China didnīt have any highways and today itīs a 30 000 km network, second only to the US. Ningbo is another big city, and my last stop before heading back to Shanghai and flying out.

... related note, albeit tangential. We had dinner with a local girl that has lived in Yuyao all her life a few days ago. She asked me what I thought about her town. Unfortunately, I have this problem with being overly honest. I said something about a slimy mud hole, but admitted that the rivers and the mountains were beautiful when pressed. But it wasn't until today that I realized that I was living in Dagobah, China

... island. The boat immediately gave the nice impression of retiring from the city and joining the natural world. We were all confined over this tiny hull, and this gave us the opportunity to talk and talk and get to know each other. Nevertheless we could not wait to be on the island and we disembarked franticly. On top of the first hill on the island path we could see the ...

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....nice & quiet place...kinda scarry especially when nearing the airport...flight lower done for landing and all you could see was hills and...suddenly runway out of nowhere... ....do get stares from people as I was probable thought to be burnt Chinesse! ...got a chinesse flute after seeing the man on the street play it beautifully and one stack for sale.. ....tried the flute back in hotel, only air coming out...still trying...

... happily stay for a lot longer.

We went out for an early dinner after we checked-in and when we came back around an hour later, we had chocolate, a small toy and a pillow menu waiting on our bed. I didn't request a specialty pillow but my boss did and she said it worked a dream! (I think she got the anti-stress one) you can actually purchase the same pillows if you ask reception to take home ...

... I found the 'jazzy' new and wealthy part of town. All the new apartment buildings were built in an 'arty' manner and to accompany them were heaps of expensive bars and coffee shops with more expensive cars parked out front. This area can be found between Reming Lu and Zhongmu Lu (around the ferry terminal area). I walked around here for awhile and then headed ...

... stops dropping her price! I hate staying at these places. Not because of the sexy women walking around scantily clad but I hate thinking about what diseases they could have and what is walking around the hotel. It's not fair on them as people but I'm in China and there is a lot of AIDS walking around hotels such as this one. I hoped she would tell her scantily clad buddies and they wouldn't come knocking on my door ...