Stop Press!

Trying to finish Cyprus trip. Four new videos uploaded into previous posts.

After trotting around Southeast Asia over the summer, I'm now back in the UK - Cambridge to be exact. Am trying my best to update as frequently as my clinical course will allow.

Entries on Italy and France two winters ago have been put on hold indefinitely. Read: possibly never. But we shall see.

Entries on Greece and Turkey last winter have also been put on hold for the time being.

Posted:
Don Det (Laos), Don Khone

Places yet to blog about:
Ban Nakasang, Champasak, Pakse, Tha Kaek, Vientienne, Vang Vien, Ban Phoudindaeng, Luang Prabang, Khon Kaen (Thailand), Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), London (England), Cambridge

Saturday, 23 June 2007

Nanjing East Road


It's raining absolutely cats and dogs. A proper tropical storm complete with brilliant flashes of lightning and threatening rumbles of thunder. Cats and dogs.

Pedestrians without umbrellas scurry along sidewalks from shade to shade. Others huddle beneath what little protection their umbrellas give from the heavy rain. Himself. He sits out the rain in Western decadence. Starbucks no less. Shame.

At least the rain will wash away the haze. In fact, the lights of the city look brighter and more vibrant in the rain. The skyline should look fantastic once the rain stops.

It's a dog-eat-dog world here. People are rude and cut queues at any opportunity. His British accent keeps them at bay. It's hard to determine if the impressive skyscrapers of East Shanghai reflect this 'competitive' nature or a deceptive facade of its inhabitants' true attitude.

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