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PaD Shanghai: 28

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Get your clothes mended or altered on a proper old sewing machine, on the sidewalk right in from of a supermarket on Caodong Lu

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PaD Shanghai: 27

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Moving home by bicycle, or maybe he just robbed some place? The policeman doesn't seem to mind. Xiangyang Lu at Huaihai Lu, French Concession

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PaD Shanghai: 26

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Covered bicycle/moped/scooter parking between two buildings on Caoxi Lu near Caobao Lu

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PaD Shanghai: 25

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Tricycle rickshaw ride through the tight lanes of old Suzhou

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PaD Shanghai: 24

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Sinopec gas station on Fuxing Lu, directly adjacent to apartments on 3 sides

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PaD Shanghai: 23

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A sea of plum blossoms at a plum blossom festival near Lake Tai (太湖 Tài Hú), about an hour outside Suzhou

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PaD Shanghai: 22

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Vintage motorcycle and sidecar in French Concession

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PaD Shanghai: 21

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Slightly creepy entrance to an older style apartment block, south of Caobao Lu - these buildings are usually 6 stories high (the maximum allowed without an elevator) and usually have 2 or 4 units off each floor of each stairway (in other words, no internal corridors)

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PaD Shanghai: 20

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A circular pedestrian overpass at Longcao Lu and Longwu Lu intersection - even though there are strips for the blind on almost every sidewalk in Shanghai, one wonders how they think someone in a wheelchair is supposed to negotiate these overpasses!

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PaD Shanghai: 19

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Lantern Festival, Yuyuan Bazaar, Old Town - the festival celebrates the first full moon of the year of the Ox

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