Yuyao 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 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.

... to be about 600 years old (think Yoda in Attack of the Clones rather than Empire Strikes Back, but a little less green) watching over her fish drying in the sun. She calmly, very deliberately stood over her fish and clapped fly by fly to death without missing and tossing them on the ground. I saw her kill 3 flies in a row with 3 claps. When I looked down there were at least 7 flies lying dead on the ground all ...

... much much better, with the climax for the last lunch before leaving on Shipu harbor - simply deli-sea-ous. We lit a bonfire in the evening like boy scouts. Fire is always captivating, and we had quite a bit of entertainment around it. The sky was clear and the stars all showed up, I checked! The 3rd of October was the big day or the only full day on the island. An adventurous ...

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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...

... by law. I suppose gratuitous objectification goes both ways. On the subject of girls my roomate is one. Living with female housemates has reminded me of the more icky things about girls. They malt, like dogs. I know this because I'm the one that cleans the floors. The hair of the last girl who had my room kept haunting ...

... right? So we hopped on the bus and went to Tongli. Upon arrival we were still not sure where we were going, so we went to buy a map, then while searching on the map for this forest we saw that this sanliuche (three wheeled car) driver was staring at us. We decided what the hell, we have never gone been in a three wheeled car lets try it out. So we hop in. A little ways into the ride the driver turns ...

... the hotel as well.

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.

I'm not sure where abouts the hotel is ...