Come on lads just one more week and it'll be open, just in time for the Exp ... oh. One of the major Expo developments - a huge 3K long park zone along the shore of the Huang Pu from the Lupu Bridge (Puxi side) all the way down the back of Long Hua - is still not open to the public.
But, it's pretty much done and it's cold now so night guards just kip in the bottom of their boxes. Oh what fun to be had, even for non-life-risking types who love to bike about. Alas, couldn't get so many photos as my camera is shit and it was dark. But check these out.
Oh, important point. If you go for the cranes (see photos) do not use the stairs in the middle of the base - you'd have to climb on the outside to get around the door - and risk broken legs or death if you fall. Just enter via the adjacent skywalk, with the wooden board floors and you'll see safe double doors in the old prison style - i.e. ladders. 100% safe.
What's this?
Going up.
A pristine (but horribly designed) bike/skate area! And it's lit all night.
Underpass near the Wanping end.
McRefugees on my hot chocolate stop. The Tianyaoqiao branch where someone got stabbed waking one up.
My machine outside.
Dude, you need to call me when you go on these little adventures. It looks like you have a blast :)
They're usually very late and not all of them pan out. I have a strange need to run around and explore things that hasn't gone away since childhood.