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Hongkou · Dominik Mayer · Products, Asia, Productivity
English Maps, Chinese Maps, Beautiful Maps and No Maps
Google has been offering a Chinese map of Shanghai for quite some time. Not at maps.google.com but at ditu.google.com. Ditu, 地图, is the Chinese expression for map.
Now I stumbled upon a new, English one:
It doesn’t only show the public transportation but also restaurants, banks, cinemas, theaters, … Here an example of the area around Nanjing Lu:
But the most beautiful maps of Shanghai come from edushi (E都市, E-City):
Bund, Pudong and Old City (lower left)
Hongkou Stadium and Lu Xun Park
They have already covered many Chinese Cities and seem to want more.
So why Yahoo, why, why, why don’t you make maps, buy maps or allow the use of one of the above mentioned ones in flickr?
Rainy Hongkou
In front of the Rainbow City Lifestyle Mall.
Feihong Road and an entrances to the metro station Linping Road.
Rainbow City Lifestyle Mall
Watch the video here.
The only thing I bought. Very useful. And only 32 Yuan (+ 2,90 Yuan for the bulb).
Wood and Food
We just said we want something without meat and something with. I always said yes when the man, seemed to be the owner, asked about tofu, corn, etc. as I eat all of them. I never intended to order all the things… A great deal too much food for two persons and not as cheap as it could have been. But very delicious.
For They Know Not What They Do
Ok, better than this.
Match your bedding to your dress. Or the other way round.
Better than living food.
Hongkou Night
Women Hospital
My barber’s. We think the sign says they will reopen on April 30th.
As usual: We know many characters but have no clue about their meaning in combination.
My street.
The house on the other side.
The 3 Kingdom Restaurant
The upper thing was also yellow, I have no idea why it’s green on the pictures.
Every table has its own fume hood and barbecue grill.
So many people are running around in the restaurants but no one takes care of your clothes. You always have to put them over your chair. I did it and then someone came and put this thing over my coat to “protect” it. Weird.
Free appetizers.
Gou rou, dog meat. No one wanted to order it and I only eat dogs when I can kill them myself. :-P
A waitress cooked the vegetables at another table, away from the meat.
The barbecue was changed very often. The waitresses came with a new one, put the meat on it and took the used one away.
Korean cutting the meat.
You eat the things wrapped in a lettuce leaf.
No idea why our Koren friend poured her tea in her rice.
Dessert
Air conditioning with jet engine
Cleaning
Just a Little Bit
My vegetarian food didn’t even comply with the Chinese definition as I could spot the meat easily. The waitress said it’s just “a little bit” but they finally cooked the dish again.
Mifan. I could eat tons. And I begin to understand why Chinese like it that much.
Waitresses standing around. As all Chinese restaurants this one also had personnel en masse.
Just Around the Corner
Old and new. The World Financial Center.
I think my house is the second one on the right. (Update: Ok, it’s not.)
In Heping Park, Again
No idea what the man’s doing there. He was holding on to the shrub in a weird position without moving.
My bike outside.
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DB(A)
Under 70: Hao.
Over 70: Bu hao.
Getting My Hair Cut
With a picture of me after I had gotten my hair cut in Germany, I finally went to the barber’s. Usually it only takes about ten to fifteen minutes but this time I spent almost an hour there. For 38 Yuan (about 3,60 Euro) I got my hair washed, a head massage and a haircut.
Then the barber (r.) wanted the washing guy to take a picture of him and me and I took one of them.
I got the hair wash and the massage on the front chair on the left but had to go to the back to wash out the shampoo.
The lights were already turned off when I left around midnight but when they realized that I’m taking a picture they turned them on again:
Sunday Morning, Heping Park
Many people take their birds for a walk and hang them in the trees. Good for the sound, not so good for the birds, I assume. But if they’re always in the small cages then the new environment might be a welcome change.
Notice the old man at the beginning. He’s pushing his wheelchair. Seems to be some kind of hobby amongst older people. I see one or two of them per week.
107 Yuan
But very good and enough for two meals.