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Friday, August 17, 2012

A Brief Stop in Zhuhai on the Way from Macau to Shenzhen

I plan to move on from posting semi-regularly about Macau. Some earlier posts about Macau included:
More recent Macau-related posts can be found here.

Instead of Macau, several upcoming posts will focus on Shenzhen -- a large and rapidly growing city an hour away by ferry across the Pearl River Delta. To serve as a bridge of sorts between Macau and Shenzhen, I will now share a few photos from Zhuhai -- the mainland Chinese city which borders Macau. The first link above discusses the special permission mainland Chinese need to cross the Macau-Zhuhai border. But in this post I will continue a theme from a lighter post about the various types of cycles I saw in Zhuhai.

Like before, there were people who rented tandem bicycles at the "boardwalk" next to the Pearl River Delta:

two young women riding a tandem bicycle in Zhuhai, Guangdong province

Likely due to the change of seasons since my earlier visit to Zhuhai, I saw that some of the motorbike-taxis in the town of Nanping now sported a specially-designed sun/rain umbrella:

motorbike-taxi with bike-umbrella in Zhuhai, China

motorbike-taxi with bike-umbrella in Zhuhai, China

But what most caught my eye during my recent visit was what I believe to be a new bike rental option. Although I had seen a quadracycle before, this four-wheeled vehicle seems deserving of a different name:

a double-bicycle in Zhuhai, China

Two regular bicycles had been connected together to created this vehicle. Maybe it should be called a double-bicycle. Any other ideas?

More soon from Shenzhen, a city that differs from Macau and Zhuhai in many ways.

5 comments:

  1. From the readers perspective, just great new layout Brian. Really foregrounds your photos.

    When you get to Shenzhen, how about some photos of Futian. I like the inside of the library and that Batman horror of the Marriot.

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    1. Glad you like the newer layout. I probably will share some photos of Futian but not of those sites. Now I'm curious to check out the library...

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  2. Forgot. Your banner photo always reminds me of the food/snack street in Fumin Lu.

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  3. Yes, Fumin Lu in Shenzhen just near the subway stop.

    The library is sort of interesting inside, all triangular lines - and it has a lend able English section. (Membership: Passport and 100rmb.) It is opposite the concert hall which I've never visited.

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