Tianyuan Great Hotel Ningbo

... 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 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.

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 ...

... went to search for the distant public bathroom but clearly the place was not very hospitable. We then walked up to the top of the island with the lighthouse as a landmark. And inside, around the light, stood four Fresnel lenses, how great! The sky was blue, the visibility excellent, and the coast rocky and fragmented. Below the lighthouse, a huge gate made of sharp angled ...

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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...

I stayed in Ningbo overnight as it was the nearest airport for us to fly home from. The hotel we stayed at was called the 'Howard Johnson' and it was amazingly luxurious. I will always remember this hotel as well as the one in Hangzhou as the most incredible hotels I have ever stayed at. The rooms were huge, the bathroom was as big as my bedroom at home and all the extra touches made this place somewhere I ...

... I would walk the other half of the city along the river. It is a pretty little city that reminds me a lot of Hefei in Anhui Province. It's mostly surrounded by rivers and bridges and the riversides are full of green leaves, grass and gardens. After a shower and a rest I was soon visited by the Night Beauties who were obviously on their break and brought along ...

... soon fluttered her eyelids in amusement that she was worth more than me and then raced off to the next door. I spent the rest of the afternoon walking around town checking the place out. I thought heaps of foreigners would be spotted here being so close to the coast but I never spotted one. When it grew dark I headed to a Net Bar and spent a few hours catching up on emails. I then continued walking around town and found the Drum ...