Monday, November 19, 2012

Scenes From China Long Ago: The Peace (aka Cathay) Hotel and its Old Jazz Band, 1996

Oh, to be on The Bund in old Shanghai! Some of the guys in the band go back to the 30s; most were from the 40s. Yowzah, yowzah, yowzah! (punch first pic for slideshow; all ©)


















Peoples' Flea Market, Shanghai, 1996

Parts of the old city, now long gone... (all ©)

















It's all been bulldozed now... (all ©)

Deep In Anhui Province, China 1996: Tunxi Airport!

More interesting than I thought it would be... (all ©)