The carts of Shanghai...continued.

The previous Blog was about the recyclers' and their carts, and this Blog will show other carts/bikes and their uses.

They can be seen transporting household goods, such as chairs; water dispensers; flowers; fruit and or vegetables. 

I don't know why, but I love looking at the carts in China.
I am usually filled with amazement at their owners' initiatives, and their imaginations....and their ability to pack so many objects onto one small vehicle!!
Look at the some of these photos, and see if you agree.

 

A man pulling a cart-load of chairs.

Can you see the person at the front of this large cart? You can see his legs and his left arm. He is walking along the street, pulling this load of chairs.
There is a car in front of him. Cars, bikes, people all share the streets, usually without rancour.

  

The first of 3 carts in a row...all pulling chairs!

The second cart.

...and the third.

They were all moving along the street in one direction, all three in a group.

More chairs....another place...another day.

The person above is pushing his load of chairs, rather than pulling, as the previous three had done.

Where are all these chairs going? I have no idea, but was intrigued by loads of chairs!

Dried fruit for sale.

Look past my husband having his shoes cleaned, and you will see a vendor with his cart load of dried fruit.

He may be a Uighur, from Western China. He is wearing a typical Uighur hat. And when we were in Western China last year (see previous Blogs for tales from the West!) we sampled a lot of dried fruit. Delicious.

 Now, the next few photos are of fresh fruit and/or vegetables for sale.

 

These two photos illustrate the point I made in the previous Blog.....all these different methods of locomotion are tolerated in the Shanghai streets (or lu as each street is named)

In the two photos above,the first photo shows the fruit vendor cycling along a narrow street (Nanchang Lu), with a taxi, and another recycler's bike coming in the opposite direction. Plus a parked car!

The second photo, taken shortly after the first, shows the vendor sharing the road with a bus!

And while this is occurring there are no overt displays of impatience. Everyone just copes!

Here is a street vendor....selling vegetables. Can you see them?

A fruit seller.

These two photos show a truck laden with citrus fruit and melons.

The farmer has probably brought his excess stock into the city to sell to the locals.

Fresh figs for sale....Anfu Lu, Shanghai.

A flower seller on the way to her spot.

A tricycle almost covered with plants and flowers....all for sale.

A water supplier.

This man was unusual because he is dressed like a business man....not like the usual vendors. Maybe he is just filling in for the usual water carrier, who may be indisposed...????

The water is Shanghai is not drinkable so every business, and most houses, have water dispensers.

Art being transported.

This photo is unusual because there is only ONE object being carried here. Maybe the cyclist began with a full load, most of which has been off-loaded.

Two decorative panels being carried along Huai Hui Lu.

And if you haven't far to go, or if you don't have a bike or tricycle, walking is easy.

And if there is no load to transport, why not relax on your cart, and enjoy the sunshine?

This photo was taken early one cold, crisp morning.  The owner of the tricycle had parked his vehicle on the sunny side of the street, and was relaxing in the weak early-morning sunshine.

That will be all for the carts of Shanghai, but you will have a small idea of the variety of carts, bikes and tricycles in the older parts of the city. And their uses.

The carts of Shanghai...part 1: The Recyclers.

I love the various modes of transport you can see in Shanghai.

I love the juxtaposition of the very old style carts, and new, up-to-date, top-of-the-range cars all sharing the streets quite amicably.

This Blog will be mainly a series of photos of carts and bikes I have seen.

They have many functions.

There's the recylers' carts.

The flower sellers' carts.

The fruit and/or vegetable sellers cart.
And carts or bikes for transporting goods from A to B. 
And the carts can be of different types:- carts that are pulled along, with the person walking between two shafts; bikes which are ridden or motorised; tricycles which are ridden or motorised; motor scooters. (The motorised bikes run silently....battery power)

There are so many types of carts and bikes that this Blog will only focus on the recyclers.
The others will follow in the next Blog.

So cast your eyes over the recyclers and their loads.

A neatly stacked tricycle...mainly with  cardboard, all folded into smaller bundles.

Recycling wooden slats and boards.

Any old electrical appliances are collected by this person.

Mainly boards, but other miscellaneous material. Pulled along.

Another cardboard recycler.

This recycler is practically hidden by his load!

Carts waiting to be filled.

Another recycler, pulling a load of boards.

Just look at this load...how the cyclists manage to keep vertical, and make progress amazes me!

In the photo above, you can see the cyclist's legs and right hand. That's all there is to see from this angle.

All packed up, tied on, and ready to go.

Team work in pulling this cart-load of timber.

Two recyclers stacking their tricycle..

Another example of a cart which is pulled.

This was the only "untidy" cart I saw. It looks very haphazard.

So that is a small sample of the recyclers' carts.  Each recycler has a bell which they ring, as they ride through the streets, collecting their materials. Locals recognise the particular rings, and bring out their recyclable material, which is collected.

They apparently take their loads  to a site where they can be sold.

The Chinese have been recycling for centuries, and can certainly teach us about reusing materials.

Winter outfits for the dogs of Shanghai.

As you will know from my last Blog, oh so many moons ago, recently  I have spent 3 weeks in Shanghai.
These were the last weeks of their winter, and the pampered pooches were dressed for the occasion.
I saw more than I managed to photograph, but the following few photos will give you an idea of what some of the best dressed dogs were wearing during their Shanghai winter.

First up is THE best-dressed dog in Shanghai.

 I have put this photo first because this dog was the very best dressed of all I photographed. Why?
Its outfit is co-ordinated AND it has shoes to match.
Other dogs can only look and wish!


The rest of the dog photos show them in shoes OR outfits, but not both!

Manalo Blahniks???

How about this for style? The pooch has been shaved along a mid-line, so must be feeling the cold without its hair. (The day was very cold, and windy....maximum of 7 degrees Centigrade.)

But it has 4 red and white shoes to keep its paws warm!

I can't quite figure the logic of this.

Where are Manalo Blahniks and Jimmy Choo when you need them?
There must be an opening for top-range shoe designers for dogs???

How about this red plastic number? Note: no matching shoes!

This smart dog was in a two-toned dog-suit....silver and black. Really quite fetching!

A rear view of another co-ordinated outfit.....I am intrigued by them all!

This dog has an outfit with a large rear opening, for natural body functions, and a hat with ears if the weather gets really really cold.

A long-haired lass in a red quilted coat.

So there you have it....some of the outfits worn by some of the pampered pooches of Shanghai.
I do wish that I'd managed to take more photos. Maybe next time!