Sheraton Ningbo Hotel

... and witness both the epicentres of industrial endeavour and the dumping grounds of its waste. What makes the photographs so powerful is his refusal in them to be didactic. We are all implicated here, they tell us: there are no easy answers. The film continues this approach of presenting complexity, without trying to reach simplistic judgements or reductive resolutions. In the process, it tries to shift our consciousness about the world and the way we live in it. 2006, Canada, 90 mins.

Cixi is another city in China that I visit regularly. Also know as the Capital of Household Appliances, Cixi ( (pronounced "Tsuh-Shee") is a city withing the sub provencial city of Ningbo. An industrial township, this city is a major production base for small home appliances - there would be over 5000 units producing these goods. Besides appliances, Cixi is ...

Reached Ningbo after another 4 hour bus trip, all on modern highways. 20 years ago China didn´t have any highways and today it´s 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.

After a cold spell for the last week or so, the sun came out today and the temperatures warmed up to 20C. Since I only have 1 set of "warm" clothes, I quickly stuffed them in the wash and walked outside in my standard shorts and T-shirt outfit. I can't wait to get back to the beach. While I was having lunch sitting outside my favorite restaurant, I saw the most amazing thing. There was an 4 ft tall old woman that ...

... gravity on sharp rocks so we aimed for a more "beachy" launchpad. Fine except that this was also a giant garbage dump. That night I slept outside the tent despite the wind ("a la belle etoile"). The sunrise over the little archipelago was a wonderful sight to start the new day. On the way back to Hangzhou, we were all sleeping, but with beautiful images in our little brains.

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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...

... the hotel as well.<br><br>My room had a king size bed (positioned really nicely in the room) a big flat-screen TV, huge bathroom with shower and bathtub and all toiletries (including bubble bath and exfoliating mitt!) included. I had a bubble bath in the huge bathtub and listened to relaxing music through the built-in music system... it was sooooo relaxing.<br><br>I'm not sure where abouts the hotel is ...

... not I thought, it'll help me with my promise of a slow day. We spent several hours 'snapping' our way around the lake and found what I thought was Mr Fans House but it was the Ningbo Textile Museum. Maybe Mr Fan was the textile guru in the past. It was a nice place to visit and only cost 10 Yuan to enter. There were a heap of pictures and it was obvious a ...

... my nice hotel. It looks like bugs in my room and noodles are still on the menu! Not so Ha Ha! BUGGER! When I turned to walk into the bus station there was a guy on a 'big skateboard' type thing at the door. Why was he on the big skate board? Because he had no legs and his arms were also pretty much non-existent. I looked at him and reached into my wallet and gave him a surprising amount and thought to myself....maybe it's his ...