Hello! A new blog entry for you all to enjoy. This one features a local park that is near our apartment. One of the rules that helps make sure I do not plummet into a state of disrepair is that I need to go explore places and get out of the apartment. Being an unemployed leech I get way too much free time and this helps to fill some of those hours in my day.
This equisite park located literally a 100m walk from our apartment contains a little world of trees, plants and some wildlife (a squirrel and a kitten, both of which I was unable to capture in both a photo and my hands). The meandering paths crisscrossed the park and seemed to have no real purpose except to let you enjoy more of its depths. I walked past a little fitness playground as well as a lovely pond full of some truely enormous goldfish.
There was even a small bamboo forest to enjoy as I strolled through and for a moment forgot that I was in fact in one of the largest cities in the world. One thing about Shanghai is that are actually quite a lot of electric cars on the road, making it a huge amount quieter than even adelaide.
(In the photo below you can see the bamboo forest to the right side of the photograph)
One of the things I keep getting surprised by is just how much green there is around us. Everywhere seems to be stuffed with trees, plants and everything else. I think this due to an effort that the government has been making to combat the serious pollution that was dominating the cities in previous years. While there are definitely times that you can smell the harsher side of city living, it really is incredible the effort that has been put into creating and clearly maintaining these places.
After not a very long time…I sweating because it is still unbelievably hot and humid. So I quickly retreated back into my airconditioned apartment and deemed it a small success to keep myself sane.
Plus I met a really cute cat and a golden retriever on my walk.
That’s all for now!
Talk soon xx.
S.
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