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Trip to Vancouver / Shanghai / Shenzhen 2014

Well, the trip is just about over. It’s been interesting to see a lot of different things and try different foods. The oddest food I at was actually a fruit called Durian. Very hard to describe, I recommend everyone try it at least once.

I added some photos that didn’t easily fit any particular album – they are the odd things that I saw while I was in China, including a wedding shop area in the subway station below People’s Square and a lot of people trying to find their children spouses. This trip was a great experience but I’m ready to go home :).

Enjoy the pictures! Chris W.

Shenzhen and Monsoon Season 2014

I have never had any experiences with monsoons. This trip brought me to Shenzhen where I had my first monsoon experience complete with flooding factories (I happened to be in the factory), river fording in a van, and flight issues. It was completely unlike any weather phenomena I’ve ever experienced. I’ve been in hard rain but it’s usually quite short in duration – I’ve never seen hard rain for hours on end. It was unreal!

Shenzhen itself has a pretty weird layout. There are mountains all over the place so it disrupts the urban sprawl and there many tall buildings all over the area in smaller conglomerations. It just means that it takes a bit longer to get different places.

Enjoy the pictures :).

Chris W.