one more day here, and i'm trying to get in all the culture/museums/propaganda/tourism/local life/food i can. the last of the list is paying off...i made the unfortunate mistake of drinking ice cubes (probably made of tap water) from a restaurant and i've been suffering ever since.
took a nice stroll thru the jade buddha temple and saw a shanghai that wasn't visible on the busy streets or the neon glitzed shopping plazas or the dingy street stalls. huge jade buddhas, and locals caught in a moment of quiet. even the tourists shaddap for once.
then went to the suzhou artists' distrct on the recommendation of a friend, found myself caught in the middle of a photo shoot, and spent the afternoon walking thru galleries and checking out the work of Chinese painter/photographer Liu Xiaodong. i'm obsessed with his book of personal photographs, "The Richness of Life," which show many of the photos he took from 1984-2006 which inspired some of his best known paintings. must buy from amazon when i get back; i really don't feel like lugging a huge-ass art book across the world. on the way back from the galleries, i took this photo of this biker in front of some shanghai graffiti, which i think is my fave of this trip so far.
my last day here, so i should get off the blogosphere and into the real world. peace out.
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