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Joe Steinbring

Shanghai

A river in front of a skyline of towers, including a tall spire with pink spheres.
Pudong from the Bund, on a hazy morning.2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring
Static offline map showing Shanghai in China with a location pin.

Shanghai was the last stop. We drove in from Hangzhou on the evening of November 8, 2018, and I had a full day there on the ninth: a ride on the maglev first thing, then the Bund, with Pudong’s towers across the Huangpu, the Shanghai Museum, and then the lanes of the City God Temple bazaar, where one stall sold nothing but old banknotes from everywhere in the world. That evening came the river cruise, with the same skyline lit up, and I flew home on the tenth.

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  • A lit skyline across dark water at night, with a spire tower glowing pink and blue.

    Pudong from the river, on the evening cruise.

    2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • Banknotes from many countries taped in rows to a yellow shopfront board.

    A stall in the bazaar that sold nothing but old money.

    2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

  • A crowded lane between carved wooden buildings, with a food stall on the right.

    The lanes of the City God Temple bazaar.

    2018 · Photograph by Joe Steinbring

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